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Re: [lojban-beginners] Is this tongue-twister grammatical?



I was also unsure if "sy." was the correct way to refer to "le skaci cakcinki", or if it should be "cy."

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 21:55 Xabju <la.xabju@gmail.com> wrote:
Thank you. What kind of word (the missing subject) should appear between "sy." and "ckaji" if the order were kept the same?

Just to be clarify, all that was needed was "sy." and "ca" switching places, right? That's great -- preserves the meter.

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 20:16 Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:
On Friday, 6 September 2019 18.56.42 EDT Xabju wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Beginner here looking for some help. Wondering if this nonsensical verse
> parses:
>
> le skaci cakcinki cu sakcti ci cidja
> .i je ca sy. ckaji ci skaci selcitka
>
>
> It should read, "The 'skirt-beetle' suckingly eats three foods, and it is
> now characterized by three skirtish eaten-things."

It does parse, but I think you mean ".ije sy. ca ckaji". "ca sy. ckaji" means
"when it, [missing subject] is characterized".

Pierre

--
i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
icu'u la ma'atman.



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