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> la paulos. cusku di'e
> 
> > Consider these two phrases:
> >
> > 1. la noi melbi kris.
> > 2. la noiMELbikris.
> >
> > Note that "noiMELbikris." is a simple cmene in 2.
> >
> > I claim it is impossible to distinguish between them in
> > spoken language.  Could anybody provide a refutation?
> > (If not, relative clauses after selma'o LA introduce an
> > ambiguity in Lojban and should be revised).
> 
> Your Example 1 is not valid, and needs to read
> 
> 1a)     la noi melbi .kris.

.i la'a le selcusku be paulos. na gerna .iku'i ki'e paulos.

co'o mi'e .kris. noi ti'e melbi .uizo'o