[lojban-beginners] Re: bo

["Philip Newton" <philip.newton@gmail.com>]

On 2/12/07, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/12/07, Karl Naylor <karl.org@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Between sentences it makes the preceding
> > connective connect the two sentences.  When used this way, it causes
> > its connective to swallow up the whole following sentence, not just a
> > single sumti.
>
> A conective between sentences (ije) always connects sentences, it never
> swallows a single sumti. What {bo} does is make the connective (ijebo) take
> precedence over other connectives. This is the same function as in tanru.
> What you are thinking of are tags, not connectives. A tag between {i} and
> {bo} works as a sentence connective, yes.

Yes, I think he was thinking of things such as {ki'u} and {ku'i}.

mu'o mi'e .filip.
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>