[lojban-beginners] Re: Everyone should speak lojban?

[Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:49:44 -0800, Tasci <pubsynx7hye@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Um... "Suggestion.  I suggest the idea that all of you are speaking
> lojban," is my best guess.  In terms of grouping, is it like (.e'u cai
> ((mi) stidi (lo nu (ro do tavla fo la lojban))))?  That is, cai refers
> to the statement around stidi, and nu somehow magically uses a bridi as
> its second argument instead of a sumti?  If so, I might use 'ko' instead
> of 'do' to ensure that they understand I am suggesting a command,
> instead of suggesting an observation. 

.e'u cai : attitudinal : [the bridi is a strong suggestion]
mi : x1 of stidi : I
stidi : suggest
lo ... lojban. : x2 of stidi  :
  lo nu : the event of
  ro : all of
  do : you
  tavla fo la lojban. : speak Lojban
Hence -- "I suggest [strongly] that all of you speak Lojban." Also, as
far as I know, {nu} & the other abstractors like {du'u} & {si'o}
always take a bridi. Counterexample?

> No, I did want a strong suggestion, although it seems like there isn't a
> poetic way to phrase it.  On the other hand I don't want to say "I kinda
> sorta think maybe if it's not too much trouble we could all speak lojban
> please?" so in that sense it's something of a command. 

Maybe you could get away with {.e'u cai ro ko tavla fo la lojban.} in
which the attitudinal softens the bridi from a command to a
suggestion.

Some folks suggested {... ro do ko ...} I don't get why one would need
{do} along with {ko}.

fe'o mi'e .adam.