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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: How verstaile is "nu"
From: Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
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2010/3/23 Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 5:39 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
>>
>> "We're having one [arguement] right now," said Mama, "about whether or n=
ot we have arguements!"
>>
>> {.i lu mi'o ca simda'a seisa'a la mamcribe ku cusku lojei mi'o cu simda'=
a}.
>>
>> I'm not arguing against the use of {lo du'u xukau} in general=C2=A0but t=
his seems
>> to be a case of where {lo jei} provides the 'neatest' solution.
>
> I don't see the problem in using "lo du'u xukau" there.
>
> (I also prefer "da'arsi'u" to "simda'a", and of course "cu" rather
> than "ku", but that's just an aside.)
>
> Compare with any other indirect question:
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0mi'o ca da'arsi'u lo du'u mi'o da'arsi'u makau
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0"We are arguing about what we argue about."
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0mi'o ca da'arsi'u lo du'u mi'o da'arsi'u xokau da
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0"We are arguing about how many things we argue about."
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0mi'o ca da'arsi'u lo du'u mi'o da'arsi'u ko'a jikau ko'e
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0"We are arguing about whether we argue about ko'a or about k=
o'e."
>
> and so on. Having a special shortcut for "du'u xukau" is not really neces=
sary.
>

doi xorxes xu do da'asnu lo nu da'asnu lo du'u da'asnu .i .oi lo besna
be mi cu cortu
                  --gejsypa