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[lojban-beginners] Re: zo bo



On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Since {nau} is always an absolute "reference point", does it not
>  > clearly tell an absolute perspective of the tenses of the connected
>  > bridi?
>
>  Not clearly for me. What are the two arguments of {nau}?
>  What relationship does {nau} establish between them?

The arguments are hidden, but the relationship seems to me clear.
{mi do pu nelci gi'e nau bo prami}... My understanding is that 1) the
event of prami is happening "right now" and 2) it was preceded by the
event of nelci; {nau} sets a perspective in which the event of nelci
is seen as a past.

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