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Subject: [lojban-beginners] .i preti lo preti
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Firstly, is the subject valid?  I have a question about questions.
Secondly, would {.i di'e preti lo preti} also worked?
Thirdly, could {preti preti} be used as a tanru to mean {preti be lo preti},
and would that be "x1 is a question about questions by questioner x3 to
audience x4"?

Fourthly, the actual question:

In English, the following exchange occurs with some regularity:

"What's up?"
"Nothing."

The "nothing" in this context is kinda like {zo'e}, right?  It is a response
to the question that gives no additional information.

{.i do mo}
{co'e}

might be an equivalent exchange, right?

But what if the question is {do djica ma}?
A response that confers no information would be {zo'e}.

What about (an admittedly contrived) {do djica ma ma}?
You'd need to respond {zo'e zo'e}, right?

So is there a single response that covers all those possibilities?
{su}?  I don't quite like that.

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Firstly, is the subject valid?=A0 I have a question about questions.<br>Sec=
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be &quot;x1 is a question about questions by questioner x3 to audience x4&q=
uot;?<br>
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e occurs with some regularity:<br><br>&quot;What&#39;s up?&quot;<br>&quot;N=
othing.&quot;<br><br>The &quot;nothing&quot; in this context is kinda like =
{zo&#39;e}, right?=A0 It is a response to the question that gives no additi=
onal information.<br>
<br>{.i do mo}<br>{co&#39;e}<br><br>might be an equivalent exchange, right?=
<br><br>But what if the question is {do djica ma}?<br>A response that confe=
rs no information would be {zo&#39;e}.<br><br>What about (an admittedly con=
trived) {do djica ma ma}?<br>
You&#39;d need to respond {zo&#39;e zo&#39;e}, right?<br><br>So is there a =
single response that covers all those possibilities?<br>{su}?=A0 I don&#39;=
t quite like that.<br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>=A0=A0=
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