Re: [lojban-beginners] Assigning ko'a

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

In the case of putting it first for single sumti, what stops the {goi}?  Does {ko'a goi ...} just gobble up as many/much sumti as it can get until it reaches the selbri?  Or will it stop when it finds a sumti that is un-connected to the sumti before it?

2010/9/12 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do I assign KOhA to refer to sumti joined with a JOI ?
>
> For example in:
>
>   le plise ku jo'u le najnimre ku goi ko'a casnu .i ko'a sanga
>
> the orange is the one singing. How can I make "ko'a" to refer to both the
> orange and the apple? In other words, how to render "them" ?

One way is to use "vu'o", as Lindar said. Another trick, is to put "ko'a" first:

 ko'a goi le plise jo'u le najnimre cu casnu .i ko'a sanga

In this case, if you wanted ko'a to be just le plise, you would need
to use "ge'u", the terminator for PE:

 ko'a goi le plise ge'u jo'u le najnimre cu casnu .i ko'a sanga

The assignable variable can go on either side of the assignment
phrase, so if you want conciseness, put it first for multiple sumti
and last for single sumti.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group.
To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group.
To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.

For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en.