[lojban-beginners] Re: ke'a

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 7/22/08, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
>  Well, I think we'll have to disagree on this point.  To me "poi
> po'o" means "restricted solely to".

OK, but that is not what {po'o} normally does. The usual
function of {po'o} is to indicate that the thing it marks is
the only one that applies.

> Without the po'o there, we
> already are restricting the set ("the cars that were seen by me" as
> opposed to using noi, which would not restrict it), but adding the
> po'o at this point inthe utterance adds exclusivity as well.

Without {po'o} we could restrict it further. For example:
{lo karce poi mi viska ke'a zi'e poi do ponse ke'a}.
With {poi po'o} (as I understand it) that would not make sense.
I could say: {lo karce poi po'onai mi viska ke'a zi'e poi ji'a
do ponse ke'a}: "the cars not only that I see but also that
you own".

mu'o mi'e xorxes