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Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:35:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: ko ba cu gleki ca'o le citsi
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--- "Adam D. Lopresto" wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004, Matt Arnold wrote:
> 
> > Is {ko ba cu gleki ca'o le citsi} correct for "Imperative-you future-tense
> > be happy/merry/glad/gleeful during the season/cyclic interval"?
> 
> Mostly.  I'm a little surprised you can put the {ba} in front of the {cu},
> but jbofi'e likes it fine.  I personally would have used {ko cu ba gleki
> li'o} or just {ko ba gleki li'o}.

The only difference is that before the {cu} it has an elided {ku}
terminator, after the {cu} it has no terminator.

> Actually, I'm not sure what happens when you mix the {ba} with the {ca'o}.
> That is, I'm not sure whether it's saying that you be happy after now, during
> the season, or be happy after the during-the-season.  It should work fine
> without the {ba}, though.

In my understanding ba has greater scope. It could be expanded as:

ko zo'u ( baku zo'u ( ca'o le citsi zo'u (do gleki) ) ) 

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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