[lojban-beginners] Re: CLL p 95 - huh?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2006 at 02:59:18AM -0500, Hal Fulton wrote:
> I think I have finally understood this after quite some time
> puzzling over it. (I'm in the middle of p. 95 in the CLL.)
> 
> I'm trying to summarize this without looking at the text, so
> please tell me if/when I'm wrong.
> 
> In tanru inversion, we have <seltau> co <tertau>. 

No; <tertau> co <seltau>; <modified> co <modifier>; zdani co blanu.

> But the place structure of the tanru is that of the seltau. 

Yes; the place structure of a co tanru is the part after the co.

> So the be-bei-be'o still confuses me a little. This can be omitted
> here, I guess, because the sumti belong to the tertau "just
> because"?

seltau, not tertau, and yes.  That's what co is used for.

> What if I wanted to add internal sumti to the tertau in an
> inverted tanru? Could I do it?

zdani be mi co melbi le speni be mi

-Robin

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