[lojban-beginners] Some AIW Questions

["chris kerr" <letsclimbhigher@gmail.com>]

I'm reading AIW as a method to learn correct lojban habits.  So when I see things I don't understand, I want to know if I'm either right or wrong so I can learn correctly from it.

Lojban text: xu mi mi mintu ca le nu mi cikna binxo ca le zi cerni .i pe'iru'e ba'anai mi cinmo le nu mi frica milxe .i ku'i va'o le nu mi mi na mintu cu jersi preti fa le du'u mi du makau

The first thing I'm wondering about is {mi cinmo le nu} wherein cinmo is wanting (ka) for x2.

The second thing is in {.i ku'i va'o le nu} wherein vanbi seems to be a word limited to referring to physical surroundings in the real world and thus wants (ind./mass) in x1. Such as a mass of pants, or an angry prenu, etc.  But I've been seeing {va'o} used on #lojban when talking about things like grammer in bridi... so what kind of latitude is there in its use?  Seems like there's a number of other more appropriate modals which could be used:

kai
ki'i
ji'u
ri'a lo da'i za'i li'o
ki'u lo da'i za'i li'o
ni'i
ma'i

I guess there's a lot, I'll stop there.


I look forward to ro do thoughts.