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Re: [lojban-beginners] What type of food do you want to eat?



On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 2:48 PM, selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:
la .xorxes. cu cusku di'e
I think "lo mo cidja" works better. Or "lo klesi be lo cidja bei ma".

 Or similarly, {ma poi klesi lo cidja}, which is what I would usually say.

I always have doubts about that use of "poi" because it involves a kind of metalinguistic restriction rather than an ordinary restrictive clause. It restricts the set of possible answers, but the straightforward application of the poi and ma rules should be that "ma" is asking for a sumti which, when restricted by the poi-clause, fits the argument place. So I would prefer "ma noi" here. Similarly with demonstratives "ti poi", etc. "
 
mu'o mi'e xorxes

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