[lojban-beginners] Re: [lojban] Re: {xu} - question.

[Michael van der Gulik <mikevdg@gulik.co.nz>]

Jorge Llambías wrote:

> On 4/26/05, Opi Lauma <opi_lauma@yahoo.com> wrote:
>  
>
> > Is it right that {mi vecnu ti xu ta}, implies that {mi
> > vecnu zo'e ta} is thru and I just want to know what is
> > {zo'e}, or more precisely I even have a supposition
> > about {zo'e}, I think that (it is/may be) {ti}?
> >    
>
> mi vecnu ti ta
> I sell this one to that one.
>
> xu mi vecnu ti ta
> Do I sell this one to that one?
>
> mi vecnu ti xu ta
> Do I sell THIS ONE to that one?
>
> mi vecnu ti ta xu
> Do I sell this one to THAT ONE?
>
> mi xu vecnu ti ta
> Do *I* sell this one to that one?
>
> mi vecnu xu ti ta
> Do I SELL this one to that one?
>
> {xu} always asks for a yes/no answer. The position of xu 
> serves to focus on one element which is the one that
> needs confirmation. To ask what is it that I sell, you'd
> need another question:
>
> mi vecnu ma ta
> What do I sell to that one?
>
> mi vecnu ti noi mo ku'o ta
> What is this which I sell to that one?
>  
mi cilre fi la lojban de'i cabdei .i za'a zo xu selma'o lei selma'o UI

.i xu (ro da poi selma'o UI) lo valsi cu lidne da

Probably very wrong lojban. What I meant to say is:
I've learned something new today. I see that "xu" is part of selma'o UI. 
Are all members of selma'o UI used in postfix notation? (i.e. do they 
follow the word that they modify?)

mi'e .maik