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Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:59:11 -0300
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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] mau/semau
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On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 9:39 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> What does { mi citka da semau de } mean? Is it { da zmadu de lo ka mi
> ce'u citka } or { mi zmadu de lo ka ce'u da citka }?

The usual answer is none of the above, but:

  lo nu mi citka da cu zmadu de

For example:

  mi citka lo rismi semau lo nu lo cipni cu vofli

> I guess this can be disambiguated by turning { semau de } into an
> internal sumtcita with { pe }: { mi pe semau de citka da } and { mi
> citka da pe semau de }. Is { mau/semau } on the main selbri level to
> be discouraged, then?

The clearest is to use zmadu as the main selbri, but context can help:

   mi citka lo rismi semau tu'a do

   mi citka lo rismi semau tu'a lo rectu

mu'o mi'e xorxes