[lojban-beginners] Re: pamoi le'i dotco prenu poi ...

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 1/24/06, Opi Lauma <opi_lauma@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You and xorxes have mentioned "rule of ordering". But
> with the construction like {lo ka mi penmi ce'u ca ma
> kau} you construct time of event (parameter which is
> used for ordering). So may be it is better to speak
> not about rule but about parameter which is used for
> ordering? If it is the case, I do not understand why I
> cannot use {lo tcika be lo nu mi penmi ra} as the
> ordering parameter.

I wouldn't go as far as to say you cannot use it. All I say
is that {lo tcika be lo nu mi penmi ra} refers to a time, and
{lo ka mi penmi ce'u ca ma kau} refers to a mapping
from people to the time they are met by me. I don't know
how much is worth bothering making this distinction.

mu'o mi'e xorxes