[lojban-beginners] Re: la rokci kabri ku noi lisri (Rock Cup, a story)

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 09:03, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
> "fi X" is not
> a sumti, more like a tagged sumti, so can't be further marked.

Insofar as a "sumti tag" is a grammatical construct, you can either
have a tag in that place, or a FA, according to the grammar:

term-1 <- sumti / ( !gek !selbri (tag / FA-clause free*) (sumti /
KU-clause? free*) ) / termset / NA-clause KU-clause free*

Technically, this would mean FA isn't a tag, it just has the same
grammar as a tag before a sumti, but that distinction is probably
splitting hairs in most contexts (this one included).

(Interestingly, {broda fiku lo brode} is grammatical. No reason for it
not to be, I guess.)

Chris Capel
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