Re: [lojban-beginners] Argument repetition for emphasis?

["David Gowers (kampu)" <00ai99@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:27 AM, <kfa@gmx.net> wrote:
>>
>> Coi,
>>
>> I found out rather accidentally that the following parses: {ry fuzme fa ry
>> lo
>> nu...} or {ry fuzme fa vo'a lo nu...}. Would this be a good way of saying
>> "it's r's own fault that..." with putting emphasis on "own" as alternative
>> to
>> {ba'e}?
>>
>
> I like the idea. The risk is that it may be confusing if abused.
>
> remo
>

IMO it is confusing to start with. normally, an argument is a single
item -- you cannot fill a place twice.. instead you can fill it with,
for example: lo xunre .e lo blabi

-- my understanding of the grammar is that {lo xunre .e lo blabi} is a
single sumti,
and {lo xunre ku carmi fa lo blabi} has an undefined meaning.

In this vein, {ry .e ry fuzme lo nu..} is a way of expressing the
strange type of emphasis expressed above, in a more simple idiom.

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