Re: [lojban-beginners] Terminator Elision Question.

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Saturday, February 23, 2013 00:27:01 v4hn wrote:
> > the translation without 'boi' would be 'I describe the number 22 to a
> > friend.' Does the 'li' before 're re' imply a terminator before the 'lo'?
> 
> Yes, the term governed by {li} takes up one sumti slot.
> And {li} takes the longest following string which matches a number
> expression, which in this case is {re re}.

Similarly, if you make a tanru and the seltau has a number linked with "be", 
you don't need "be'o", e.g. "lo litce be li pa djacu" = "lo litce be li pa 
be'o djacu".

Pierre
-- 
loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji

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