Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: coi rodo .i preti lo pamoi sumti i.

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

On Sunday 07 November 2010 16:06:23 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Or, to more closely reflect the order of the English:
>
> la.sam. seme'e lo mi pendo ku gerku

This sounds a bit strange. You're adding a place for something which has a
name to the predicate "gerku": "Sam is a dog with my friend being named." I'd
say "la sam. noi pendo mi cu gerku".

 

I like that better.  

 

> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> > lo mi pendo me'e la.sam. gerku

That should be "me'e zo .sam.". Otherwise you're saying that Sam himself is a
name, which he isn't. Also "me'e zo sam" is adding an extra place
to "gerku": "My friend is a dog named Sam". If you mean "My friend named Sam
is a dog", that's "lo mi pendo be me'e zo .sam. gerku".

Pierre
--
Don't buy a French car in Holland. It may be a citroen.

Ah, zo. I see.

 

I don't think the with(out) {be} distinction matters.

--
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.i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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