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[lojban-beginners] Re: A few questions...

J. Scott Jewell wrote:
On 7/22/05, *Hal Fulton* <hal9000@hypermetrics.com <mailto:hal9000@hypermetrics.com>> wrote: 

    Jorge Llambías wrote:
     >
     > Maybe something like:
     >
     >            |
     >      batci | (fa) le gerku | (fe) le nanmu | (fi) (zo'e) | (fo)
    (zo'e)
     > | va (zo'e)
     >      ---------------------------------------------
     >            |
     >            cu
     >
     >
     > What {va} does here is add an unnumbered place to the
     > place structure of {batci}.
     >

    Really. I thought I was saying "The dog bit that man over there."
    How would I say that then?


    Hal
>From what I can tell, {le gerku cu batci le nanmu va} says something like "The dog bit the man, some distance away from here," while {le gerku cu batci le va nanmu} comes to "The dog bit the somewhat-distant man." Although, maybe everyone involved in the discussion already had that in mind, and I'm just spouting irrelevant information. 

Not irrelevant at all. I'm as confused as a clone on Father's Day.

Robin or someone, can you explain?


Hal