Subject: Re: [lojban] Phrases for language learners

From: Cyril Slobin <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:46:22 +0400 (MSD)

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Newton, Philip wrote:

> As in {ko fanva zoi gy. I love you .gy. la lojban. le glibau ma} ?

Yes, exactly.

> Having {ko} and {ma} in the same sentence seems strange to me...

The whole Lojban language seems strange to me. ;-)

> I have difficulty imagining a sentence which is simultaneously a
> command and a question.

But it is exactly the case - the command to translate and a question
about result of translation simultaneously.

If you are looking for a really strange example, consider {ko mo}.

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Cyril Slobin <[email-masked]>