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[lojban-beginners] Re: relative phrase within tanru



On 4/22/08, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can a relative phrase be grammatically inserted into a tanru (however
> pointless it may be)?

No, they can only modify a sumti or a vocative.


> Example 1:
>
> le melbi ke pe do [ge'u] mlatu [ke'e] [ku] ;
>
> le melbi pe do [ge'u] bo mlatu [ku]
>
>
> Example 2:
>
> le xamgu ke pe fi'e do [ge'u] cukta [ke'e] [ku] ;
>
> le xamgu pe fi'e do [ge'u] bo cukta [ku]

Those are ungrammatical. Presumably the intended meanings
would be:

le melbi ke me do mlatu
le melbi be do mlatu
le xamgu cukta be fi'e do
le xamgu be fi'e do cukta

mu'o mi'e xorxes