Took me a while to find your reference. Not Chapter 9, but Chapter 5 section 9. But yes, "la djan" need not be repeated. in "go'i troci"
As to "ko lebna ta .i dunda lo cnino vanju botpi mi", No. That does not say what you want it to say. That says, "Take that thing. Someone gives me a new wine bottle". (or, more literally, "A giver of a new wine bottle to me!") That doesn't imply you should do it. It becomes an observative, not a command.
--gejyspa
From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Vid Sintef
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:38 AM
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] leaving a sumti out
A sentence from Lojban Reference Grammar Chapter9:
la djan. klama le zarci .i la djan. go'i troci
Can "la djan" in the second sentence be left out since "go'i" should imply all sumti related to the selbri of the last sentence?
Also, can a repeating "ko" be left out, without connecting the selbri with "gi'e"?
That is, is
ko lebna ta .i dunda lo cnino vanju botpi mi
instead of
ko lebna ta .i ko dunda lo cnino vanju botpi mi
possible? Or would that "dunda" without "ko" loose the intended imperative sense?