[lojban-beginners] Re: Restrictions for pro-sumti

["Adam D. Lopresto" <adam@pubcrawler.org>]

> coi rodo

coi .iens

> While reading "Lojban for Beginners" I found several possibilities
> to refer back to sumti already mentioned. Are there any
> restrictions in their usage? I know, that {ri} cannot refer to
> {ko'a}, but {vo'a} can, ... But is {la .iens. djuno fi vo'a fe le
> du'u la .anias. nelci la .iens.} the same as {la .iens. djuno
> fi ri fe le du'u la .anias. nelci. la .iens.} 

Both of those are the same as

la .iens. djuno fi la .iens. fe le du'u la .anias. nelci la .iens

> or {la .iens. djuno fi vo'a fe le du'u la .anias. nelci ra}?

That ba'e probably means the same thing, although it's more open to context.
The vo'a is unambiguous, but {ra} could refer to la .iens. or could possibly
refer to someone or something else that had already been mentioned.  (Although
given the "fi la .iens." it seems very reasonable to assume he's also ra in
that context.)  Personally, I'm fond of lerfu as prosumti.

la .iens. djuno fi .ibu fe ledu'u la .anias. nelci .ibu
-- 
Adam Lopresto
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