From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Mar 25 12:14:46 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 13128 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2005 20:14:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 25 Mar 2005 20:14:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Mar 2005 20:14:46 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DEvCf-0008Eh-RV for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:14:45 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DEvCT-0008EN-KH; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:14:35 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DEvCI-0008EE-Lq for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:14:22 -0800 Received: from web81304.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.79]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DEvCF-0008Dt-87 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:14:22 -0800 Message-ID: <20050325201348.9053.qmail@web81304.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [65.69.48.37] by web81304.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:13:47 PST Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:13:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 6667 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 9645 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0 X-eGroups-From: John E Clifford From: John E Clifford Reply-To: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net Subject: [lojban] Re: What Is Lojban? Chapter 2. X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 24005 --- Dmitry wrote: > > Consider following simple text: > mi sutra klama le blanu zdani be la djan. le > briju > > (it is sample from a "What Is Lojban? Chapter > 2.") > > It is said that "be la djan." is sumti of a > "blanu zdani". Why not > "sutra clama"? just because of "be"? Yes, just because of the {be}, which indicates that the following sumti is attached to the preceding sumti, not to a "main verb" (selbri, sentence forming predicate). [There are some very remote exceptions to this rule which almost never arise and certainly don't in this case]