[lojban-beginners] Re: Complex Sumti

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> 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).

Ehe, I guess it was more like saying "a person friend I--" then.

This right then?

lo prenu cu pendo mi :: A person is a friend of mine

> 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).

Oh, okay. Thank you! So (be <sumti>) and the sumti terminates itself,
would append an x2 argument to the (lo <selbri>) directly previous. bei
for further arguments, and be'o explicitly terminates it.

.i'o do pendo mi

In retrospect I should have titled this thread Complex Sumti ._.
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