Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: "mi prami do" or "mi cu prami do" ?

[Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:44 AM,  <three65daysaweek@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "cu" is optional in the majority of cases where it is appropriate. It
> means nothing more than "is"/"are"/"am." You only need to use it when
> not doing so could be confusing.

I would suggest not to think this way.

{cu} has no meaning whatsoever. It just separates the sumti from the
selbri so to avoid unwanted tanru.

pro-sumti do not need {cu} because they cannot form a tanru with the
selbri and, hence, it can be omitted.

It is needed in {lo nanmu cu prami lo ninmu} because otherwise {lo
nanmu prami} would be a "masculine type of love"}

But it's not needed in {mi cu prami do} as {mi} can't be associated
with {prami} in any other way that being the x1 sumti.

Hope it helps.

remod

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