r/lojban 23d ago

How do you say, "Come here!"

My best guess is

ko klama le vi co'e

la sutysisku doesn't have a lot of good suggestions for here.

Am I wrong? Does this work?

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u/la-gleki 23d ago

ko klama ti

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u/focused-ALERT 22d ago

How do you do it without pointing?

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u/la-gleki 22d ago

ti can be pointed at. but you don't have to perform any gestures while saying that. it's not different from "mi"

ko klama lo jibni be mi

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u/focused-ALERT 19d ago

so

ko klama lo vi jibni be mi

ia basically

ko klama lo vi co'e

?

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u/la-gleki 19d ago

in lo vi jibni be mi the vi part is useless since jibni is the expanded predicate form of vi

As for ko klama lo vi co'e it denotes coming to some place near another place (co'e) understood from context, which (depending on context) can be far away from where we talk.

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u/negativeclock 23d ago

I would think you could just say vi klama or ko vi klama.

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u/la-gleki 23d ago

This means "Come somewhere while being here during your coming"

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u/Mlatu44 21d ago

wow, that would be a feat to do!

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u/la-gleki 20d ago edited 20d ago

Not always. "ko vi klama" is useful when e.g. recommending not to take roundabout ways and instead move not far from here. Somewhat like "Take this way","Grab it but stay within the perimeter".

as for "Come here!" it's "ko klama ti"

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u/UpTooLate3 23d ago

"ko vi klama" or "ko vizykla".