[lojban-beginners] Re: sumti before and after "composite" selbri

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la filip cusku di'e

> Is {la stelas. mi xendo gi'e prami} the same as {la stelas. xendo gi'e
> prami mi}?
>
> (It appears not; in the first case, {mi} is x2 of both {xendo} and
> {prami}, in the second only of {prami}.)

Right. You can also say {la stelas xendo gi'e prami vau mi}, in
which case {mi} is x2 of both again.

> Is {la stelas. mi xendo je prami} the same as {la stelas. xendo je
> prami mi}?

Yes.

> (It appears so -- that {mi} is x2 of both {xendo} and {prami},
> regardless of the order.)

Actually, it is x2 of {prami} in both cases. There is no clear
rule for how the places of {broda} affect {broda je brode}.
For example, in {ko'a tavla je bajra} I would not expect the x2
of {tavla} to be the same as the x2 of {bajra}.

> What is the difference between the sentence with {gi'e} and the
> sentence with {je}?

The sentence with {gi'e} is clear. The one with {je} is not
so clear.

> What are the forethought versions? Is it {la stelas mi ge xendo gi
> prami} for the version with {gi'e} and {la stelas mi gu'e xendo gi
> prami} for the version with {je}?

Yes.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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