Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: questions about 'cu'

["Klaus F. Abel" <kfa@gmx.net>]

On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:54:30 -1000
Patrick <sonarman.77@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alright, I found it (I think).  CLL C 5, S 13, last sentence:  " Tense,
> modal, and negation cmavo can appear only at the beginning of the selbri.
> They cannot be embedded within it. "  That means that we can have our
> descriptor of selma'o LE, followed by the slot for a PU cmavo (or,
> technically, NA or modal or other tense cmavo), followed by exactly on
> selbri, be it a tanru or just a single brivla.  That leads to A) an
> unambiguous interpretation of "lo ca klama" as "the current goer", and B)
> of "lo klama ca pinxe" as "the goer is currently drinking",  and C) of "lo
> ca klama ca pinxe" as "the current goer is currently drinking", since the
> "ca pinxe" cannot be absorbed as part of the tanru.  Mystery solved.
> 

Oh, I see! Learned something again, thanks. May the rest of your night hours be peaceful.

Haven't said a word in here for too long, so that I forgot to sign with my already known jbocme.

mu'o mi'e feliks.

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