[lojban-beginners] Re: do NU broda

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:10 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know "do ka melbi" may sound odd and is actually considered invalid
> in Lojbanistan.

Depends what you mean by "invalid". The syntax is valid. It is just
semantically odd in the same way that "do namcu" or "do rokci" are
odd, as people are usually not taken to be properties, numbers or
rocks.

> But how about "do za'i melbi" and "do zu'o melbi",
...
> For this reason, I don't see much of a difference between "do" and
> "tu'a do" in the aforementioned case. Both can be the x1 of "za'i
> melbi" or "zu'o melbi", pe'i.

Yes, those are grammatical too, and if what you want is to say is that
someone is a state or an activity, that's the way to do it.

mu'o mi'e xorxes