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On 11/23/06, Gene Mosley <lojban@mosleyfamily.org> wrote:
> Let me make sure that I understand this.
>
> {do klama mi} merely states "you come to me"
>
> {ko klama mi} commands "you come to me"
>
> {ma klama mi} = "who comes to me"????
>
> {ko klama ti} commands "you come here"
>
> By context - you mean that if I was pointing out an
> open door looking at you and said {ko klama} then it
> would mean "go!" and make sense - in that context.

Right.

> Would {ko klama ma} have any meaning?  From my limited
> point of view it would seem to mean "you go where!?" -
> not really a command or a question.

Right, not very meaningful.

> Is there a nice way to ask someone to "come to me" or
> "come over here"?

Add {.e'o} (=request) or {pe'u <name>} (="please X")

> I am in process of reading through LFB right now - and
> I found parallel2.  Any other learning suggestions
> would be appreciated.

Those are good places to start. For a more advanced treatment:
<http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=The+Lojban+Reference+Grammar>

mu'o mi'e xorxes