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From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.170 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Length: 2979 Good question. It's certainly grammatical. I would say it means "lo broda ju'e brode" --gejyspa On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Ian Johnson wrote: > Can {be fa} be used in a similar way? Put another way, what is {lo broda = be > fa lo brode}? > > mu'o mi'e .latros. > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Michael Turniansky > wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:51 AM, David Gowers (kampu) <00ai99@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Remo Dentato wrot= e: >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:27 AM, wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Coi, >> >>> >> >>> I found out rather accidentally that the following parses: {ry fuzme >> >>> fa ry >> >>> lo >> >>> nu...} or {ry fuzme fa vo'a lo nu...}. Would this be a good way of >> >>> saying >> >>> "it's r's own fault that..." with putting emphasis on "own" as >> >>> alternative >> >>> to >> >>> {ba'e}? >> >>> >> >> >> >> I like the idea. The risk is that it may be confusing if abused. >> >> >> >> remo >> >> >> > >> > IMO it is confusing to start with. normally, an argument is a single >> > item -- you cannot fill a place twice.. instead you can fill it with, >> > for example: lo xunre .e lo blabi >> > >> > -- my understanding of the grammar is that {lo xunre .e lo blabi} is a >> > single sumti, >> > and {lo xunre ku carmi fa lo blabi} has an undefined meaning. >> > >> > In this vein, {ry .e ry fuzme lo nu..} is a way of expressing the >> > strange type of emphasis expressed above, in a more simple idiom. >> > >> >> =A0You most certainly can fill the same place twice. =A0See CLL, 9.3.9 >> Luke is correct about the meaning, and I've certainly used it myself >> (e.g. "mi pu klama le patfu be mi fe la flaridas.") >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0--gejyspa >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s >> "Lojban Beginners" group. >> To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. 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