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RE: Re: TECH vrici



> > Mark/Colin:  TEST: CAFE: lo lisri pe le ckafybarja
> > > >> .i tu'a di'u xe ctuca fi ledu'u do cu .ei zgana pu lenu do jdice
> > > >I think "do" is out of place here. ".ei zgana pu lenu [vo'a] jdice" or
> > > >"da zgana .ei pu lenu da jdice", or more lojbanically pe'i
> > > >"jdice nagi'apubo .e'ucai zgana"
> > >
> > > Definitely.  {do} here is malglico.  It should be a general injunction,
 and
> > > use {zo'e} (possibly elided) or maybe {le'e prenu} or something.  {da} is
> > > not quantified right, it'd mean "There's something that should...."
> >
> > Yes, it would have to be {roda}.  And {.ei} seems to have
> > the usual problem of referring to the narrator:
> >         roda zgana sei bilga pu lenu da jdice
Colin:
> But it is the narrator who's saying it.

So the narrator's saying "I oblige all to observe before deciding"?

> And I still prefer my version.

You're entitled :)

Colin:
> I see nothing wrong with su'osu'epa

Anyone else like to state an opinion?

Iain.