[lojban-beginners] Re: la umpti.dumptis.

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Jon Reeves wrote:
> >>la umpti.dumptis. zutse lo bitmu

That should be {la .umptidumptis.} or {la .umptis.dumptis.}
or something like that. {.umpti} by itself could eventually
be a fu'ivla, but then it can't be joined with a cmevla
to make a cmene. 

> >>i. la umpti.dumptis. barda farlu
> Seems that the difference is that clani is more about a measured dimension of
> a physical object, whereas barda is more about describing things (not
> necessarily objects - 'property/dimension(s)' )that are relatively large, so
> i think perhaps barda is the better choice for this?

Another possibility is {ve'u farlu}.

> 
> >>i. ro loi xirma je prenu pe le nolraitru 
> >ro xirma .e ro prenu zi'e po le nolraitru
> 
> I didnt realise ro could be used without a lo, makes sense though - is the lo
> assumed to be present but ellided?

They're equivalent, yes.

> Not sure about the zi'e ? "joins relative clauses which apply to the same
> sumti" ?

I think he meant {vu'o}, sort of the reverse of {zi'e}.

> Also, I thought the loi should be included to indicate that it is the mass of
> men and horses that are incapable of putting him together again, rather than
> each of them individually being unable to do so
> 
> maybe -
> 
> loi ro xirma .e ro prenu poi po le nolraitru

You'd need {lu'o} if you want the people included as well.
{loi} will only take the horses.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



		
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