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Subject: Re: [lojban] before or after
From: Dag Odenhall <dag.odenhall@gmail.com>
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UI describe the preceding word, or the grammatical scope of that
structure. {pe'a mi donri} is all figurative: the scope is the scope
of the invisible {i}. {mi donri pe'a} scopes to {donri} and {la pe'a
donri cu donri} scopes {la donri} as would {la donri ku pe'a}. {pe'a}
also has a rafsi, which can't end a lujvo due to ending in a
consonant: {mi pevdo'i} probably means the same as {mi donri pe'a}.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I could swear that I've seen people use {pe'a} to say that the following
> word is figurative but I see in chapter 13 of The Book that it actually
> marks the previous=A0word as figurative. =A0This has come back to bite me=
 a
> couple of times before with other words. =A0Is there some good general ru=
le to
> make it easier to remember when something modifies the following word vs =
the
> previous word? =A0Are all of the selma'o at least consistent within
> themselves? =A0(i.e. if one UI* marks the previous word do ALL UI* mark t=
he
> previous word?)
> =A0ki'e mi'e pafcribe