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[lojban-beginners] Re: non-bridi grammar?



m.kornig@sondal.net schrieb:
> Selon "Turniansky, Michael \\[UNK\\]" <MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com>:
> 
>> cmavo of type COI
> 
> Which type? How can I recognize cmavo of this type?

it's called selma'o, it's a "group", sort of. coi is of COI, pa, re, ci,
... are of PA and so on

>> take a following sumti and the combined phrase
>> functions grammtically like discursives grammtically like a UI, that is
>> to say, it can appear basically anywhere in a sentece.  For example, the
>> following is perfectly grammatical:
>>
>> le mi gerku coi pat cu blabi => my dog (Hi, Pat!) is white.
> 
> And how would you know that {pat.} belongs to {coi} and not
> to {blabi}?

because cmavo of selma'o COI "eat" a sumti or cmene

>> An utterance doesn't have to be a sentence/brivla.  For example, if
>> someone asks:
>>
>> ma pa citka ta ("Who ate that?")
> 
> {pa} is a number meaning "one", isn't it?

i think it's a typo and he wanted to say pu

>> A perfectly valid response is "oi sai ro'e le blabi gerku po'e mi"
>> (grrr... the white dog, which belongs to me), which isn't a brivla,
>> either, but is an multi-word utterance.
> 
> Where could I find more about such discursives?
oi sai ro'e are all related to UI - attitudinals.

> Martin
  - Timo

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