Re: [lojban-beginners] sedu'u and ko

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

On Monday 06 August 2012 22:37:34 .iocikun.juj. wrote:
> coi
>
> I have a question.
> If the man said to the woman: "do cusku sedu'u mi prami do"
> First "do" is the woman, but which is second "do", the man or the woman?
> The man loves the woman or the woman loves the man?

"do cusku sedu'u mi prami do" means "You are a said expression of me loving 
you". I think you mean "do cusku lo sedu'u mi prami do". The second "do" 
refers to the same person as the first "do". It would be otherwise if you had 
said "do cusku lu mi prami do li'u".

> And,  does "do cusku sedu'u ko prami" tell "Please say" or "Please love"?
> In CLL Chapter 7, example 2.6 "mi viska le prenu poi prami ko" tells
> "Please show."
> But can "sedu'u" bridi be interpreted like "poi" bridi.

"mi viska le prenu poi prami ko" can mean either "Let me see the person who 
loves you" or "Be loved by the person I see". "do cusku lo sedu'u ko prami" 
is not a command; it is an assertion that someone is saying a command to 
himself. I don't know a language with a true first-person imperative, so I 
don't know how to say it.

Pierre
-- 
gau do li'i co'e kei do

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