[lojban-beginners] Re: ke'a in lo nu binxo

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

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> .... .i lo vrici bukpu mupli to lo nu litru vecnu cu jibri la .samsas. toi
> cu kuspe cpana lo jubme noi ga'u ke'a dandu fa lo pixra poi gy ke'a pu za
> katna vimcu lo karni gi'e punji lo melbi....
>
> So we have a poi inside of a noi, in this situation what exactly is the
> inner-most ke'a referring to?

{lo pixra}. (You could probably guess it from context, since it
wouldn't make much sense for it to be {lo jubme}.)

> Is it possible to refer to the outermost
> "relativised it" from within a double nested relative clause?

It's possible, yes. One way is to use {ke'a goi ko'a} in the outer
clause, and then use {ko'a} in the inner clause. That's probably the
least confusing way. Another way is to use a subscript, but I never
remember the exact convention, either {ke'a xi pa} or {ke'a xi re}.

mu'o mi'e xorxes