[lojban-beginners] Re: 1 x 2 x 3 cms

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:16 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/5/27 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>  centre nu'i li pa lo sraji nu'u je li re lo pinta nu'u je li ci lo
>>>> conda'o [nu'u]
>>
>> Add "pe'e" in front of each "je". Termsets are ugly.
>
> According to CLL14:11:
>
> "Forethought termsets also exist, and use ``nu'i'' of selma'o NUhI to
> signal the beginning and ``nu'u'' of selma'o NUhU (an elidable
> terminator) to signal the end. Nothing is inserted between the
> individual terms: they simply sit side-by-side."
>
> So I thought "li pa lo sraji" and "li re lo pinta" and the other could
> sit side-by-side without "pe'e".

There is nothing between the terms inside each termset, "li pa" and
"lo sraji", "li re" and "lo pinta", "li ci" and "lo conda'o"..

> The book also gives this example:
>
> 11.7)    mi klama nu'i ge le zarci le briju
>        nu'u gi le zdani le ckule [nu'u]
>    I go [start termset] both to-the market from-the office
>        [joint] and to-the house from-the school
>        [end termset].
>
> No "pe'e". Or does this have to do with the connective being
> forethought (whereas "je" in my example is afterthought)?

Right. "pe'e je" is the afterthought connective for termsets.

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