Re: [lojban-beginners] Repeating specific sumti within the same bridi

[Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com>]

.i la latro'a di'e cusku

There are a number of options. If you're using the same sumti twice in a row, {ri} is perfect for the job; they carry the referent, not the symbol. The counting rule for {ri} is a little weird: it refers to the most recent sumti which is fully closed, where we are counting in order of beginnings. So in {lo nu broda ko'a cu brode ri}, {ri} refers back to {ko'a}, as it is the most recently-begun sumti which is fully closed. This rule is slightly confusing because it does not mean that it refers back to the most recently-closed sumti, which in my example is {lo nu broda ko'a}.

In fact, the ri-series skips other KOhA, except those in the ri-series and in the ti-series. There are some KOhA for which I don't think the CLL is clear on, namely zo'e and ce'u. I also don't think it's explicit whether BY are skipped by the ri-series.

In your particular case, the problem is probably best fixed by a scope trick:

.i na ku ro da zo'u lo du'u da barda narju bo bolci cu nibli lo du'u da
najnimre

"It is not the case that for every X, the proposition "X is a big orange-sphere" implies the proposition "X is an orange [citrus fruit]"."

I agree this is the most elegant solution.

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

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