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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Is it possible to completely get rid of {ku}
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On 20 Mar, 13:23, Jonathan Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, in that case, I recommend cu, not ku. cu is actually easily elidabl=
e,
> unlike ku. I believe we determined not long ago that in the worst case, i=
t
> would take a maximum of three terminators in the absence of cu to correct=
ly
> terminate a grammatical structure, and rarely more than one.

What a about {lo nu broda lo nu brode lo nu brodi lo nu brodo ku ku ku
ku brodu}? Jbofi'e says that it needs at least these four {ku} if we
want to avoid {cu}.
I like avoiding {cu}, but only when it doesn't require a string of
more than two terminators.

mu 'o mi'e ianek

> cu is kind of like an optional half-.i, in that whereas .i implicitly add=
s
> whatever terminators are required to end the previous sentence and begin =
a
> new one, cu does the same, but only up the point of the selbri (, and
> please keep in mind that that is where my comparison ends- I doubt there
> are any other similarities between cu and .i).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 5:38 AM, gleki <gleki.is.my.n...@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> > Well. We are preparing a textbook that will teach how to speak lojban.
> > But this textbook must use as few words as possible.
> > I wanna get rid of all words that can be replaced by other words.
>
> > It's a textbook for newbies. So don't worry. It will be an introduction=
 to
> > Lojban.
>
> > On Monday, March 19, 2012 10:49:14 AM UTC+4, stevo wrote:
>
> >> Even if it is possible to eliminate {ku} in speech, why would you want=
 to?
>
> >> stevo
>
> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:35 AM, gleki <gleki.is.my.n...@gmail.com>wro=
te:
>
> >>> Is it possible to completely get rid of {ku} in speech ? Can we
> >>> rearrange words in extreme cases and use other cmavo like {kei} and {=
cu} ?
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