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[jbovlaste] Re: What would happen if xu and ko were put together?



On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:26 PM,  <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder if any of this 'command+question' issue would have arisen if the
> creators of Lojban had simply chosen an imperative marker, maybe in UI,
> rather than an imperative pronoun.

You can still wonder what "e'o do klama ma" means. "Where do I suggest
you go?" or "Where do you go? I suggest you go there." So I don't
think it's just because of "ko", although I do think "ko" can always
be replaced by "do"plus an imperative marker ("e'a", "e'e", "e'i",
"e'o" or "e'u").

mu'o mi'e xorxes