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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] ".i xu kau" vs ".i kau"
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In that case, what is being questioned is ambiguous. Probably it would mean
"something to do with this bridi" rather than "the truth of this bridi". I
only imagine this being of use if you enjoy being a {bebna kalmebykre}.

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:38 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:

> According to CLL13:13, "kau"
>
>  "marks the word it is attached to as the focus of an indirect question".
>
> "The word" isn't specified to be one of the question words like "ma",
> "xu", etc., which is consistent with the usage of other discursives
> such as "pe'a" and "ki'a". ".i kau ..." would be as grammatical as ".i
> ki'a ...". But neither the CLL nor the BPFK section seems to have an
> example of ".i kau ...". The definition above, then, leads me to think
> that ".i kau ..." would be one whole sentence being marked as what is
> being indirectly questioned. How would that be different from ".i xu
> kau ..."?
>
> mu'o
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In that case, what is being questioned is ambiguous. Probably it would mean=
 &quot;something to do with this bridi&quot; rather than &quot;the truth of=
 this bridi&quot;. I only imagine this being of use if you enjoy being a {b=
ebna kalmebykre}.<br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:38 PM, tijlan <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jbotijlan@gmail.com">jbotijlan@gmail.co=
m</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
According to CLL13:13, &quot;kau&quot;<br>
<br>
 =A0&quot;marks the word it is attached to as the focus of an indirect ques=
tion&quot;.<br>
<br>
&quot;The word&quot; isn&#39;t specified to be one of the question words li=
ke &quot;ma&quot;,<br>
&quot;xu&quot;, etc., which is consistent with the usage of other discursiv=
es<br>
such as &quot;pe&#39;a&quot; and &quot;ki&#39;a&quot;. &quot;.i kau ...&quo=
t; would be as grammatical as &quot;.i<br>
ki&#39;a ...&quot;. But neither the CLL nor the BPFK section seems to have =
an<br>
example of &quot;.i kau ...&quot;. The definition above, then, leads me to =
think<br>
that &quot;.i kau ...&quot; would be one whole sentence being marked as wha=
t is<br>
being indirectly questioned. How would that be different from &quot;.i xu<b=
r>
kau ...&quot;?<br>
<br>
mu&#39;o<br>
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