[lojban-beginners] Re: Complex Selbri

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 25 pi'e 12 pi'e 2008 la'o fy. synx13+lojban@gmail.com .fy. cusku zoi
skamyxatra.
> I've browsed a number of tutorials, but can't seem to find how to do
> this.  How would I say "a friend of mine" or "my friends" as a sumti? I
> can say (lo prenu pendo mi) and (lo pendo) but I don't think I'm doing
> it right when I say (lo pendo mi). Specifying "A x1, for which x2 is
> this, x3 is that, etc" is something I'm not sure how to do, since I only
> learned out how to parse it if the cmavo applies to a selbri alone, not
> a whole bridi. All the examples that I can find use just (lo <selbri>)
.skamyxatra

Firstly, in "{lo prenu pendo mi}", the "{prenu pendo}" merge into a single
{selbri}; they must be separated with "{cu}" (or "{ku}", but no one does that
for style reasons).

Anyway, the way to fill the places of a {selbri} within a {sumti} is with
"internal {sumti}."  Prefix the first internal {sumti} with "{be}", any
subsequent internal {sumti} with "{bei}", and terminate the list (if necessary)
with "{be'o}".  For example, "a friend of mine" would be "{lo pendo be mi}",
and "the one who goes to the store from home" would be "{lo klama be lo zarci
bei lo zdani}" (among other possible translations).

mu'omi'e la'o gy. Minimiscience .gy.

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