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[lojban-beginners] Re: ...to say 'coi'



> Is this sentence right and legal, please:
>
> lenu cusku lu coi li'u kei te rinsa

Yes, but it probably doesn't mean what you intend -- you're missing a {ku}
or a {cu}.
 
So, it is legal, but not right anyway.

{lo nu cusku lu coi li'u kei cu te rinsa} - "Saying 'coi' is a way of
greeting someone".

Without the {cu} or {ku}, there is no bridi, and you have one big sumti
composed of {le} + a tanru formed from {nu cusku lu coi li'u kei} and {te
rinsa}.
 
Hmm... but why when terminator KEI is there? Can You still read the whole _expression_ as one abstraction?

> Where the critical part is {cusku lu coi li'u} - does the
> quoted text become x2 of "express"? Or it defaults to x1?

It becomes x2 because it's after the brivla.
 
Great! :)
 
mi'e .xili,odor.