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Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 21:10:48 -0300
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Subject: Re: [lojban] Why left-grouping of tanru?
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On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:35 PM, TR NS <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  In Loglan1 JCB mentions putting the modifying words before the word being
> modified because that is how it is done in the majority of languages.
>

I think the general rule is that languages that use prepositions tend to
have adjectives following the noun they modify, with Germanic languages
(such as English) being exceptional in this respect. So Lojban doesn't
follow the general rule.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 8:35 PM, TR NS <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:transfire@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">transfire@gmail.com</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
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r></div><div>=C2=A0In Loglan1 JCB mentions putting the modifying words befo=
re the word being modified because that is how it is done in the majority o=
f languages.=C2=A0</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think the =
general rule is that languages that use prepositions tend to have adjective=
s following the noun they modify, with Germanic languages (such as English)=
 being exceptional in this respect. So Lojban doesn&#39;t follow the genera=
l rule.</div><div><br></div><div>mu&#39;o mi&#39;e xorxes</div><div>=C2=A0=
=C2=A0</div></div></div></div>

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