Re: [lojban-beginners] Tenses

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Calpin <calumhalpin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> coi rodo
>
> mi'e kalym
>
> I'm reading "Lojban for Beginners" at the moment. I don't understand
> why "pu", "ca" and "ba" take 2 sumti rather than the second being the
> selbri that they're part of as with "ti'u".

Can you be more specific with the question? "pu", "ca", "ba" take only
one sumti when used as tags.

Maybe you are thinking of their use as connectives, as in ".e ba bo"?
In such constructions it is the connective ".e" that takes two sumti,
and "ba" is just being added to the meaning of ".e".

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.