[lojban-beginners] Re: Complex Selbri

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

On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 3:03 AM, Jon Top Hat Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
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> What about the possession cmavo? I would think {lo pendo pe mi} or possibly
> {lo pendo po mi} would be just as appropriate.

There is a difference between {lo pendo be mi} and {lo pendo pe mi}.

Suppose you are talking about your friends, and you tell me that one
of them looks like me. I may then ask, {ma cmene lo pendo pe mi}.
"What is the name of the friend associated with me?"  I'm not asking
about a friend of mine, from the context of the conversation I'm
asking about one of your friends, the one that is somehow related to
me (by the "looks like" relationship).

{lo pendo pe mi} could refer to {lo pendo poi pendo mi}, but not necessarily.

mu'o mi'e xorxes