[lojban-beginners] Re: cu vs ku

["la kev,n." <kevin.v.rae@gmail.com>]

On Dec 24, 7:56 pm, Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Monday 20 December 2010 14:39:57 la kev,n. wrote:
>
> > coi mi'e la kev,n.
>
> > I don't really understand the difference between "lo... ku" and "le...
> > cu". Can they be used interchangeably? Also, can the "ku" and "cu" be
> > dropped if there isn't  a gismu after it? For example could I say:
>
> > .i lo xunre gerku ku
>
> > and have it be the same as saying
>
> > .i lo xunre gerku ?
>
> "ku" is the terminator for article phrases; "cu" is the predicate marker. So
> you can say "le xunre gerku ku bajra", "le xunre gerku cu bajra", or "le
> xunre gerku ku cu bajra" and mean the same thing: "the red dog runs". But "le
> xunre gerku bajra" is a sentence fragment ("the red dog runner"), and "le
> xunre gerku cu ku bajra" and "le xunre ku gerku cu bajra" are ungrammatical.
> (Sentence fragments are grammatical so that they can be used to answer
> questions.)
>
> "lo" and "le" are different, but syntactically interchangeable, articles.
> Generally "lo" is "an" and "le" is "the", but often you don't use the
> corresponding one in Lojban to the one you'd use in English. You can't omit
> the article in Lojban as you often can in English, because the brivla is used
> for both common nouns and verbs. You'll learn the usage of "lo" vs. "le" as
> you go along.
>
> > And finally, do you have to put ".i" before you say "coi" or "co'o" to
> > someone?
>
> No. "coi do" can appear in the middle of a sentence. If, however, "coi"
> or "co'o" is followed by a sumti that isn't intended to be the object
> of "coi" or "co'o", you have to put "do'u" to terminate it.
>
> Pierre
> --
> Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.

coi do

Thanks! That cleared a lot up.

co'o

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