[lojban-beginners] Re: sei & to

[tijlan <pascal.akihiko@gmail.com>]

2009/4/11 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On 4/11/09, tijlan <pascal.akihiko@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can "to li'o toi" be part of (within) "sei li'o se'u"? That is: "sei
>> li'o to li'o toi se'u".
>
> The grammar of SEI phrases is:
>
>   SEI [terms [CU]] selbri /SEhU/
>
> The selbri is not optional, there has to be a selbri within "sei ... [se'u]"
>
> "to li'o toi" is grammatical, any valid text can go within "to ...
> toi", including the null text, and it can go almost anywhere, so for
> example "sei cusku to li'o toi se'u" is grammatical.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes

ki'e

So, I guess "lo broda to be da bei de toi cu brode" is grammatical
too? And is this "toi" elidable: "lo broda to be da bei de cu brode"?

mu'o mi'e tijlan