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From: Alex Martini <alexjm@umich.edu>
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: teta'i
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:05:52 -0400
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On Aug 19, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Vid Sintef wrote:

> {le ninmu cu cadzu teta'i le xance se vasru le kosta daski}
>
> First question:
> Would this usage of {teta'i} convey the meaning {with her hands in  
> her pockets}?
>
> mu'o mi'e vid
>

Not sure about meaning, but to get the grammar to hold up, you need a  
{to} and {cu}:

le ninmu cu cadzu teta'i to le xance cu se vasru le kosta daski

The {cu} keeps you from getting {le xance se vasru} as a single  
sumti.  Almost any time the x1 isn't from selma'o KOhA, you will need  
a {cu} or other terminator before the selbri.

The {to} makes {teta'i} take the whole thing as an argument (there's  
a proper term to use instead of "argument", but I'm not sure what it  
is). It's essentially just a parenthesis; without it the parser  
complains.

mu'o mi'e .aleks.