Subject: Re: [lojban] Regional difference ??

From: Pierre Abbat <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 10:05:46 -0500

On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, Jorge Llambias wrote:
>la pier cusku di'e
>
>>How about {mi snada/fliba ba'u tu'a le trene}?
>
>Yes, I think those work for "I caught/missed the train",
>maybe more explicitly: {mi snada/fliba le nu mi se marce
>le trene}. But that still leaves the "almost" or "just barely"
>catching or missing.

What I meant was "to say that I caught the train is an exaggeration" for "I
barely caught the train".

phma