[lojban-beginners] Re: A question about se

["Newton, Philip" <Philip.Newton@gedas-onsite.de>]

mi pu cusku di'e
> {le nabmi mlatu} would be "the problem-ish cat", or "the problem cat".
> {le mlatu se nabmi} is a kind of {se nabmi}, so a kind of problem
> encounterer. Perhaps "the cat-ish problem encounterer", or 
> "the cat who encountered a problem".
> {le mlatu nabmi} would be "the cat-ish problem", so maybe 
> "the cat that is a problem" (but the place structure is that
> of {nabmi}, not that of {mlatu}, though there are ways around
> this, e.g. involving {co})
> {le nabmi se mlatu} would be "the problem-ish breed of cat" 
> -- it's a kind of {se mlatu}, so a kind of breed.

Basically, {le BRIVLA} extracts the x1 of BRIVLA, so if you want to extract
the x2 instead, you get {le se BRIVLA}. Modifying BRIVLA or SE BRIVLA with
more BRIVLA gives you a tanru, but the whole thing is still a modified
BRIVLA/SE BRIVLA.

If you want more than one place in the resulting sumti, you need {be} -- for
example, "the place I went to from the office" would be {le se klama be mi
bei le briju}.

mu'o mi'e .filip.