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[lojban-beginners] Re: go'i / ri



On 8/12/08, Tom Gysel <to_mu1975@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Why does 'go'i' always have 'le' in front of it, while 'ri' has not?
> I cannot see a difference.

"ri" is already a sumti, like "mi", "do", "ta", "di'u", "ma", and
all other words of selma'o KOhA.

"go'i" is a brivla, like "klama", "cusku", "du", "mo", and all gismu,
lujvo, fu'ivla, and the cmavo of selma'o GOhA. They need an article
to be used as a sumti.

mu'o mi'e xorxes