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From: Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>
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Subject: [lojban] Re: le du
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jorge Llambías wrote:

>
> la and cusku di'e
>
> > But there will always be a one or two syllable phrase that is
> > more precise than zo'e -- e.g. da or ledu, unless da/de/di are
> > all already used and one has to start using daxi.
>
> If da/de/di are all already used, there is also lodu.
>
> lodu and ledu may require a terminator ku in some contexts though,
> while zo'e doesn't.


I haven't yet seen a good reason to use le du. Perhaps the example text
wasn't instructive enough; it did not compare to alternative possible
phrasings.



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