[lojban-beginners] Re: possessives

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

On 8/12/08, Tom Gysel <to_mu1975@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 'The name of your friend'
> can be translated as:
> le cmene pe le do pendo
>
> Can 'The name of the friend of you'
> be translated as:
> le cmene pe le pendo pe do
> does this make sense in lojban?
> ?

Yes, they are equivalent. More precise than them
is "le cmene be le pendo be do", which makes use
of the place structures of "cmene" and "pendo".

> and could you also say (something like):
> le le do pendo cmene
> ?

If you add a "ku" after "pendo", yes.

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