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[lojban-beginners] Re: syntax questions

On 11/23/06, Gene Mosley <lojban@mosleyfamily.org> wrote:

Let me make sure that I understand this.

{do klama mi} merely states "you come to me"

{ko klama mi} commands "you come to me"

{ma klama mi} = "who comes to me"????

{ko klama ti} commands "you come here"

By context - you mean that if I was pointing out an
open door looking at you and said {ko klama} then it
would mean "go!" and make sense - in that context.


Right.


Would {ko klama ma} have any meaning?  From my limited
point of view it would seem to mean "you go where!?" -
not really a command or a question.


Right, not very meaningful.


Is there a nice way to ask someone to "come to me" or
"come over here"?


Add {.e'o} (=request) or {pe'u <name>} (="please X")


I am in process of reading through LFB right now - and
I found parallel2.  Any other learning suggestions
would be appreciated.


Those are good places to start. For a more advanced treatment:
<http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=The+Lojban+Reference+Grammar>

mu'o mi'e xorxes