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[lojban-beginners] Re: relative phrase within tanru
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/22/08, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ¿How different are these:
> >
> > le melbi mlatu co me do
> > le melbi mlatu pe do
>
> Both {pe} and tanru modification are very vague, but
> there is a structural difference:
>
> The first one is a sumti built from the selbri {melbi mlatu co
> me do}. This selbri can be predicated of something, and {le}
> uses this description to get to the intended referent.
>
> The second one is built from a sumti {lo melbi mlatu},
> whose referents are restricted in some way by the
> referents of {do}.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
¿Is it not possible for a {pe} phrase to be before {ku}, like NOIs can:
{le melbi mlatu poi do ponse ke'a ku'o ku broda};
{le melbi mlatu pe do ge'u ku broda}?
mu'o mi'e tijlan