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Date:         Mon, 14 Apr 1997 12:13:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
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Subject:      Re: ma'oste
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To:           Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
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> >mi zbasu le selma'o porsi ma'oste .i mo djica lenu mi benji ti do
> >
> >I have prepared a cmavo list in selma'o order. Who would like me
> >to send it to you?
>
> I think this needs a little correction. The second lojban sentence should be
>
> 1. ma djica lenu mi benji ti
>
> Note that 'mo' asks for a bridi (predication), not for a sumti (argument).
> Right?
>
> [remainder snipped]

That brings up an interesting point: While you're correct that {ma}
was probably intended here, would {mo} be a valid question anyway,
where it is asking not for a whole selbri, but for part of a tanru?
In other words, could I ask "mo zdani do" for "what kind of house
do you live in" or "ta blanu mo" for "what is that blue thing"?