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Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 08:25:33 -0400
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Subject: Re: [lojban] cmevla as a class of brivla
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On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Betsemes <betsemes@gmail.com> wrote:
> Under the merge;
> {lo tatoebas jufra} may be written as {lo jufra pe la tatoebas}.
> {lo karce pe la betsemes} could be written {lo betsemes karce}
>
> But what about {lo karce pe la selpa'i}?
> {lo selpa'i karce}? This would mean something totally different,
> "beloved car", not Selpa'i's car.
>
> Of course, all of them may be rewritten as
> lo la tatoebas ku jufra
> lo la betsemes ku karce
> lo la selpa'i ku karce
>
> Apparently this last case has no simpler alternative.

On second thought, tanru have been always vague on interrelating
semantics; so {lo selpa'i karce} might mean {lo karce pe la selpa'i}
provided enough context.

mu'o mi'e betsemes

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