Date:         Fri, 27 Nov 1998 09:08:56 -0600
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coi rodo

I read the following passage in a book:

    "You are not lying to me now, I do not think," he said at last.
    "No, I am not lying to you now," Nieh agreed.

Considering how this might be expressed in Lojban led me to thinking about
the concept of the word "go'i."  My first thought was:

i sei ko'e cusku ba la denpa se'u ia do na'e ca ticysku mi .i sei ko'a tugni
cusku se'u go'i

But: as do'i repeats the previous sentence, would this be the same as:

i sei ko'e cusku ba la denpa se'u do na'e ca ticysku mi .i sei ko'a tugni
cusku se'u do na'e ca ticysku mi

Reminds me of kindergarten bickering -- "You're stupid!"  "Right, you're
stupid."

If it's like this, then the use of go'i would be pretty limited.  Am I
correct in thinking that go'i, here, would express the event of {Nieh
Ho-T'ing lies to Su Shun-Ch'in now}, no matter who is speaking it?
Therefore, the first sentence would actually be equivalent to:

i sei ko'e cusku ba la denpa se'u do na'e ca ticysku mi .i sei ko'a tugni
cusku se'u mi na'e ca ticysku do

Is my reasoning correct here?

co'o be'i la djan. maynat.