Re: [lojban-beginners] "me too" in Lojban

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday, March 06, 2012 14:26:16 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Janek <j-sz@o2.pl> wrote:
> > On 6 March 2012 02:38, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > abu: mi nelci ti
> > > by: ji'a go'i
> > 
> > {go'ira'o}, not {go'i}
> 
> No. It's just go'i.
> 
> The expansion on the above is not
> 
> abu: mi nelci ti
> by: ji'a do nelci ti
> 
> It is
> 
> abu: mi nelci ti
> by: ji'a mi nelci ti

Since "mi" is not explicit in the sentence with "go'i", it still refers to A. 
With "ra'o", the implicit "mi" would refer to B.

If A pointed to something close to A but far from B and said "mi nelci ti", 
and B said "ji'a go'i ra'o", would B be stating that he likes something close 
to B and far from A?

> ra'o is needed to distinguish between
> 
> A: mi lumci le mi karce
> B: mi go'i
> 
> A: I wash my car.
> B: I wash A’s car.

"go'i" with no subject would mean "A washes A's car".

> and
> 
> A: mi lumci le mi karce
> B: mi go'i ra'o
> 
> A: I wash my car.
> B: I wash B’s car.

-- 
lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko

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