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[lojban-beginners] Re: Can you translate this for me?
.i do cirko ro do seldju .e ro do selmo'i .e ro do tertoi
.i ki'u bo do bredi lo nu se galfi lo denpa vanbi be do
Not to be churlish, but this is why I am uncomfortable with the shortcut {lo broda pe ko'a} == {lo ko'a broda}. In the bridi above, you're modeling {*ro do seldju} after {lo do seldju}. But when you do that, {do} actually binds with {ro}, & the bridi is ungrammatical. So you need {ro lo do seldju} or {ro seldju pe do}. And perhaps {ro seldju be do} is better, if you're not trying to make a distinction with the previous utterance.
Also, -dju- is the rafsi for {sidju}; all those {seldju} should be {selju'o}. [ /rant ]
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