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la .skat. cu cusku di'e
> > mi'e la nei,omis...and that's as far as I will delve into lojban, 
> > before i make a fool of myself unwittingly ;)
> 
> coi la nei,omis .e coi rodo .i mi'e la skat.
> 
> And I have no doubt made an error or more even in those short 
> sentences!  lol.

Yes - .e connects sumti, so you could say {coi la nei,omis .e rodo} but not
{coi la nei,omis .e coi rodo} since {coi rodo} is not a sumti.

I would've left out {la} after COI and would've said {coi .nei,omis. .e rodo
.i mi'e .skat.}, but leaving in the {la} is not wrong.

(Random minor point: note that it's {mi'e .skat.} with mandatory pauses at
either end of {.skat.} but {mi'e la skat.} with a mandatory pause only at
the end, but not the beginning, of {skat.}, due to the "no la/lai/doi in
names" rule -- though neither pause needs to be written if you use spaces,
as I understand it. I try to write mandatory pauses anyway.)

> co'o
> la skat.

BTW that means "Goodbye, Scott!" -- COI is followed by the person you're
addressing (except for {mi'e}).

You probably meant

  co'o
  mi'e .skat.

or, if you prefer,

  co'o
  mi'e la skat.

As for me, I tend to use {mu'o} in email exchanges since I'm not parting or
saying good-bye, as such; rather, I expect people to respond to my message
and so I say the equivalent of "I'm finished talking now; you can respond
now if you wish". Personal preference, I suppose.

mu'o mi'e .filip.