Received: from mail-qa0-f61.google.com ([209.85.216.61]:49209) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1T2Ud4-0003mm-73; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:03:01 -0700 Received: by qadz32 with SMTP id z32sf2348881qad.16 for ; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:02:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:date:from:to:message-id:subject:mime-version :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=4FYaimIsU56VPQSQtwrf6+VvZ1gLDvbIK9kPQfX9r/c=; b=k5dnlHewWjIXNMgB87dXoT1OfIrb+T6eQR6Xrq0XXF3mJPrebG7E4PRbQZW6J1UOcp i4ucyNwXPXzucJIcHboLN2zcX800X3BJROVSaBPZoM9I8oFQIDRy3gBbSQM4Sin4dYaA 6P7/wKHKUORqI51aALdYxkL0XgpR7g4xUV0D4= Received: by 10.50.236.7 with SMTP id uq7mr822021igc.0.1345240967244; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:02:47 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.231.62.200 with SMTP id y8ls5207376ibh.5.gmail; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.167.72 with SMTP id r8mr2416670icy.15.1345240966584; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.100.229 with SMTP id fb5msigb; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.186.34 with SMTP id v22mr2255742yhm.9.1345238483044; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:21:21 -0700 (PDT) From: sunderland To: lojban@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <773eccc7-0054-44a8-b571-928115835460@googlegroups.com> Subject: [lojban] modals inside description sumti (za'e "internal-modals") question MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: gatewaycat@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_85_2456383.1345238481715" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / ------=_Part_85_2456383.1345238481715 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Forgive me if this question is super obvious or misguided: FAhA as a tense goes into {lo} as part of the selbri (I think): {lo zu'a zarci}, "store to the left". But what about FAhA as a modal, i.e., "store to the left of the school"? - You could use a relative clause with the full gismu (but not all FAhA get a gismu). {lo zarci poi zunle lo ckule} - You could do a couple of awful conversions (can {jai} can even take FAhA instead of BAI?). {lo sejaizu'ase zarci be lo ckule} ==> Is there a straightforward way to put a modal phrase into a description sumti? (How do you do za'e "internal-modals"?) Somewhat relatedly, I was also wondering, are the following grammatical? 1. {zu'a lo ckule [ku] cu zarci} 2. {lo mu'i tavla} In other words, can {cu} separate the selbri from a modal phrase (something other than leading sumti)? 1. is technically an observative (I think) after all. Secondly, is BAI considered part of the selbri when it's used like a tense? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban/-/5p3CEsyxT6AJ. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. ------=_Part_85_2456383.1345238481715 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Forgive me if this question is super obvious or misguided:

FAhA as a tense goes into {lo} as part of the selbri (I t= hink): {lo zu'a zarci}, "store to the left". But what about FAhA as a modal= , i.e., "store to the left of the school"?

- You c= ould use a relative clause with the full gismu (but not all FAhA get a gism= u).
{lo zarci poi zunle lo ckule}

- You = could do a couple of awful conversions (can {jai} can even take FAhA instea= d of BAI?).
{lo sejaizu'ase zarci be lo ckule}

=3D=3D> Is there a straightforward way to put a modal phrase into= a description sumti? (How do you do za'e "internal-modals"?)

Somewhat relatedly, I was also wondering, a= re the following grammatical?
1.  {zu'a lo ckule [ku] cu zar= ci} 
2.  {lo mu'i tavla}

In ot= her words, can {cu} separate the selbri from a modal phrase (something othe= r than leading sumti)? 1. is technically an observative (I think) after all= . Secondly, is BAI considered part of the selbri when it's used like a tens= e?

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