From: Logical Language Group <lojbab>
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Subject: Re: TECHish: query on syntax of jai & fiho
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 1994 09:32:16 -0500 (EST)
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la .and. cusku di'e

> Does jai [convert modal to x1 of selbri] *follow* the modal tag, as
> in "LE BAI jai SELBRI"?

No, it's "le jai BAI/tense selbri", probably for ease of parsing.

> Does fiho [convert selbri to modal] *precede* the selbri?

Yes.  More accurately, "fi'o...fe'u" surrounds the selbri, with "fe'u"
often elidable.

> Do the non-x1 [including demoted x1] places disappear from the
> fihoed selbri?

They disappear in the sense of "zo'e", not in the sense of "zi'o".

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