It has meaning; it's just the wrong meaning. It means that = the act of
giving is taking place in your direction, whatever that means= .

> It's just what the K= itten's Way is all about.
> We replace x3 with sumtcita in first less= ons. Only then we learn about x3
> It's just the policy of this textb= ook.
>
>> > zo'e pe do - =D1=87=D1=82=D0=BE-=D1=82=D0=BE = =D0=BE =D1=82=D0=B5=D0=B1=D0=B5
>> "pe" isn't a preposition. It ca= n be used to attach a prepositional phrase
>> to a
>> sum= ti (e.g. "le renro pe pa'o lo canko" means "the thrower who is through
&= gt;> a
>> window", which is different from "le renro be pa'o lo= canko" which means
>> "the
>> thrower through a window",= i.e. he throws something through a window).
>> "pe" is
>>= ; in the same selma'o as "goi", which does something quite
>> un-p= reposition-like.
>>
>> > xu do cusku bau la .lojban. ?= (=D0=A2=D1=8B =D0=B3=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=B8=D1=88=D1=8C =D0=BD=D0= =B0 =D0=9B=D0=BE=D0=B6=D0=B1=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=B5 ?)
>> For "Do you s= peak Lojban?" I'd say "xu do se bangu la lojban". Is "=D0=A2=D1=8B
>&= gt; =D0=B3=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=B8=D1=88=D1=8C
>> =D0=BF=D0= =BE-=D0=BB=D0=BE=D0=B6=D0=B1=D0=B0=D0=BD=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8" proper Russian?=
>
> It is. ki'e. We need to find another example for {bau}.
{xu do cusku bau la .lojban.} does have a reasonable meaning: "Are you<= br>speaking in lojban?" (Although I'd probably move the {xu} to follow
t= he {bau})
I think Russian is ambiguous as to whether that or "Do you spe= ak
lojban?" is being asked.
>
>>
>> Btw, what= about "=D0=B1=D1=83=D1=80=D1=83=D1=88=D0=B0=D1=81=D0=BA=D0=B8=D0=B9 =D1=8F= =D0=B7=D1=8B=D0=BA"? (language
>> isolate spoken in Hunza) You may= want to point out that "xu", like "=D0=BB=D0=B8",
>> can
>&= gt; follow the word being questioned.
>>
>> > ti me ma= (=D0=AD=D1=82=D0=BE =D1=87=D1=82=D0=BE ?)
>> > plise (=D1=8F= =D0=B1=D0=BB=D0=BE=D0=BA=D0=BE)
>> That has to be either "ti me ma= ? =E2=80=94 lo plise" or "ti mo? =E2=80=94 plise". "=D0=A7=D1=82=D0=BE =D0= =BE=D0=BD
>> =D0=B4=D0=B5=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=B5=D1=82" is "mo", not "m= e ma".
>
> Oh, indeed.
>
>>
>> Enough c= omments for now. Keep up the good work!
>>
>> Pierre
&= gt;> --
>> lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dink= o
>
>
> ki'esai doi .pier.
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