[lojban-beginners] Re: cu

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 11 pi'e 06 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Luke Bergen .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra.
> so I recently saw something like "lo nu zo cu cu cizra cu cizra"
> 
> Now, does the second cu break out of the abstraction
.skamyxatra

No.  The first "{cu}" is quoted by the "{zo}" to create a {sumti}, and the
second "{cu}" (which happens to be superfluous) merely denotes that what
follows is the main {selbri} of the current {bridi}, which is still within the
abstraction.  The abstraction does not end until the third "{cu}."  (Robin's
response suggested this in everything but the "yes," but I think he either
miscounted the "{cu}"s or misinterpreted the term "break out.")

> as in "lo nu zo cu [ku] cu..."

That's not a valid abstraction.  A abstraction (unlike a sentence) must contain
a main {selbri}, which "{zo cu}" lacks.

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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