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[lojban-beginners] Re: UI + UI



2009/4/30 Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>:
> de'i li 30 pi'e 04 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. tijlan .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
>> The syntax for attitudinals seems to be:
>>
>>  [ UI1/UI2/UI3/COI | NAI | CAI | NAI | UI4/UI5 | NAI | CAI | NAI | ... ]
>>
>> (Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
> .skamyxatra
>
> I don't know where you're getting that from.

CLL 13:8
>
Thus, the complete internal grammar of UI is as follows, with each
listed part optionally present or absent without affecting
grammaticality, though it obviously would affect meaning.

    attitudinal ``nai'' intensity-word ``nai'' modifier ``nai''
intensity-word ``nai'' (possibly repeated)
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> COI is a free modifier, not an indicator or attitudinal.

CLL 13:14
>
The vocatives actually are indicators --- in fact, discursives --- but
the need to tie them to names and other descriptions of listeners
requires them to be separated from selma'o UI.
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