Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rEaEd-00007kC; Mon, 5 Dec 94 12:01 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4320; Sat, 03 Dec 94 20:28:28 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 4318; Sat, 3 Dec 1994 20:28:28 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9998; Sat, 3 Dec 1994 19:25:11 +0100 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 13:29:28 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: TECHish: query on syntax of jai & fiho X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 514 Lines: 25 > Does jai [convert modal to x1 of selbri] *follow* the modal tag, as > in "LE BAI jai SELBRI"? No, it's "LE jai BAI SELBRI" The other one is also grammatical, but it means something different: the modal applies to the new selbri "jai SELBRI" > Does fiho [convert selbri to modal] *precede* the selbri? Yes. > Do the non-x1 [including demoted x1] places disappear from the > fihoed selbri? Depends what you mean by "disappear". You can fill them using be-bei. > Thanks. You're welcome. > --- > And Jorge