[lojban-beginners] Re: CLL p 95 - huh?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 02:05:10PM -0500, Hal Fulton wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >
> >No; that would be {zdani be mi melbi le speni be mi} (note the
> >lack of co).  Remember, the gloss for co is "of type", so it's
> >"house of me of type beautiful to my spouse".
> >
> 
> Thank you. Once again, obvious in retrospect. I knew the gloss "of
> type", but was still muttering "type of" to myself.
> 
> Must stop posting after 2 am.
> 
> >>Could I say (without inversion): - ta zdani be mi be'o cu melbi
> >>le speni be mi
> >
> >Illegal unless you drop the cu.  If you drop the cu the meaning
> >changes a lot, and you're talking about a house-ish-ly beautiful
> >thing instead of a beautiful house.
> 
> Not obvious to me why dropping the cu is necessary.

Because if you don't, you have two selbri.  "ta zdani be mi" has a
selbri already.

-Robin

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