[lojban-beginners] Re: cu'e

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 8/21/07, Vid Sintef <picos.picos@gmail.com> wrote:
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> {ma} is a place holder for sumti. Can a tense word be an answer to
> such questions? Mightn't the answer be unwantedly the x2 of {cliva}?

Tense words are tags. In {cliva za ma}, {ma} is tagged by {za}, so it is
not filling the x2 of cliva. {za ma} is a separate term. A replacement
answer for {ma} will be a length of time, {za lo mentu be li mu} for
example. Responding {zu [ku]} to the question {za ma} would not be
a strict replacement but it does respond to the sense.

mu'o mi'e xorxes