Talk:BPFK Section: Tense sumtcita
>Examples of tu'i Usage >mi surla tu'i le le ckana be fi mi >I am relaxing on my bed.
s/le le/le
{stuzi} is for permanent locations. I would just use {bu'u} here. If the Lojban is meant to suggest that my bed is my permanent location, the English does not capture that.
> mi nelci la lojbo ke plibu taxfu tu'i zoi gy. CafePress gy. > I like the Lojban underpants at Cafepress.
{la}? In any case, if {tu'i} makes sense here, it should supposedly be {pe tu'i}, because it's the site of the underpants, not of the liking, isn't it?
> .i se ki'u bo mi tcidu tu'i lo na jibni be le skami > Therefore, I read somewhere away from the computer.
Again, I would use {bu'u}, unless for some reason we are talking of a permanent reading location.
>Examples of ti'u Usage > >ba'a le sorprekarce cu klama ti'u li pi'e 10 >I expect the bus to arrive at ten past the hour.
Why "arrive"? That would be {tolcliva}. With {klama} it means the bus will be already on its way at 10 past.
>Examples of koi Usage >No non-metalinguistic examples found. Constructed examples follow: >ko cintygau koi le kruvi >Paint inside the lines.
Does that require the painter to be located inside the lines too?
{cintygau} is strange for "to paint" because it doesn't seem to have a place for the painted object.
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Jorge Llambas wrote:
>> Examples of tu'i Usage >> mi surla tu'i le le ckana be fi mi >> I am relaxing on my bed. > > s/le le/le
> {stuzi} is for permanent locations. I would just use {bu'u} here. > If the Lojban is meant to suggest that my bed is my > permanent location, the English does not capture that.
Okay. I have removed the example.
>> mi nelci la lojbo ke plibu taxfu tu'i zoi gy. CafePress gy. >> I like the Lojban underpants at Cafepress. > > {la}? > In any case, if {tu'i} makes sense here, it should > supposedly be {pe tu'i}, because it's the site of > the underpants, not of the liking, isn't it?
Okay. {pe} added.
>> .i se ki'u bo mi tcidu tu'i lo na jibni be le skami >> Therefore, I read somewhere away from the computer. > > Again, I would use {bu'u}, unless for some reason we are > talking of a permanent reading location.
Removed.
> >> Examples of ti'u Usage >> >> ba'a le sorprekarce cu klama ti'u li pi'e 10 >> I expect the bus to arrive at ten past the hour. > > Why "arrive"? That would be {tolcliva}. > With {klama} it means the bus will be already on its way > at 10 past.
Because at 10 past it passes by where I am.
>> Examples of koi Usage >> No non-metalinguistic examples found. Constructed examples follow: >> ko cintygau koi le kruvi >> Paint inside the lines. > > Does that require the painter to be located inside the lines too?
I think it doesn't.
> {cintygau} is strange for "to paint" because it doesn't seem > to have a place for the painted object.
Do you have another suggestion for "paint" (agentive)? It doesn't appear in Jbovlaste. Or possibly a wholly new example for {koi}?
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On Sunday 03 April 2005 07:48, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Jorge Llambías wrote: > > {cintygau} is strange for "to paint" because it doesn't seem > > to have a place for the painted object. > > Do you have another suggestion for "paint" (agentive)? It doesn't appear > in Jbovlaste. Or possibly a wholly new example for {koi}?
{cintyci'a} (x1 paints x2 on x3 with brush/autc. x4 and paint x5, or something like that) for painting pictures or text, and {cintyxragau} (x1 paints x2 in color x3) for painting the wall or the house.
phma -- Without glasses, I can't even distinguish smells... -Les Perles de la médecine
> and {cintyxragau} (x1 paints x2 in
> color x3) for painting the wall or the house.
Do you mean {cintyskagau}?
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On Sunday 03 April 2005 11:30, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2005 12:11 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > and {cintyxragau} (x1 paints x2 in > > color x3) for painting the wall or the house. > > Do you mean {cintyskagau}?
Yes.
phma -- Sans lunettes, je ne distingue même pas les odeurs... -Les Perles de la médecine
On Apr 3, 2005 8:48 AM, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Jorge Llambías wrote: > > >> ba'a le sorprekarce cu klama ti'u li pi'e 10 > >> I expect the bus to arrive at ten past the hour. > > > > Why "arrive"? That would be {tolcliva}. > > With {klama} it means the bus will be already on its way > > at 10 past. > > Because at 10 past it passes by where I am.
Oh, I see. Then "I expect it to pass by at ten past" would be clearer, but can {klama} mean that? Does {ti'u} give some time point within the whole klama event, or the time of the whole event (seen as a point)?
I have needed "pass by" more than a few time but I never found anything satisfying for it. It has to be something with {pagre} probably, though {pagre} itself gives the wrong impression. perhaps something like {mlagre} for "x1 passes by x2...(plus a whole lot of other places)"?
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>Examples of ti'u Usage > >.iku'i le samseltcana ba spofu ti'u li pavopi'enono >de'i le cabdei vau .oisai >But the network will go down at 14:00 today, argh!
{de'i le cabdei} should be {ca le cabdei}. {de'i} tags a date, {li 2005;05;23 cu detri le cabdei}.
For relative dates, someone proposed a convention like {de'i li ni'u pa} for "yesterday", {de'i li ma'u pa} for "tomorrow", etc. which would give {de'i li ma'u no} for "today", but not {de'i le cabdei}.
> ba'a le sorprekarce cu klama ti'u li pi'e 10 >I expect the bus to arrive at ten past the hour.
s/klama/tolcliva
> Examples of koi Usage > >ko cintygau koi le kruvi >Paint inside the lines.
I think {cintypu'i}. {punji} is the closest thing we have to "x1 applies x2 to x3".
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On 5/24/05, [email protected] wrote: > Re: BPFK Section: Tense sumtcita > "mi ba jai catra le nakybakni te ti'u le mumdei" > > Surely the jai is unnecessary?
It is if he's having them killed, not killing them himself.
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