Re: [lojban-beginners] BAI confusion

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 12 April 2011 11:31:38 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote:
> So I thought I understood lojban modals... then I found this:
> {*mi ne te du'o lo mikce saske cu ka'e sidju*}
>
> Given what I know of GOI (TIL that {ne} is a member of GOI) and BAI, this
> doesn't make sense.  The only way I can make sense of this is to think of
> BAI + sumti => sumti (more or less).  Is this the case?

"pe" is the way of attaching a prepositional phrase to a sumti. "ne" is 
to "pe" as "noi" is to "poi". Here's my example showing the difference 
between attaching a prepositional phrase to a selbri and attaching it to a 
sumti:

mi viska lo renro pa'o lo canko
I look through a window and see a thrower.
mi viska lo renro be pa'o lo canko
I see someone who throws through a window.
mi viska lo renro pe pa'o lo canko
I see someone who throws and is stuck in a window.

Pierre
-- 
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.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.

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