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[lojban-beginners] Re: cu'e



On 8/21/07, turnip <turnip@bcpl.net> wrote:
>   bacu'e is ugnrammatical... see LRG (CLL), Chapter 10:
> ----
> The only way to combine ``cu'e'' with other tense cmavo is through logical
> connection, which makes a question that pre-specifies some information:
>
> 24.9)    do puzi je cu'e sombo le gurni
>     You [past] [short] and [when?] sow the grain?
>     You sowed the grain a little while ago;
>         when else do you sow it?

Yes, that's what I had read. But there are some points which make me
uncertain of this explanation. Firstly, why is this {cu'e} defined to
be questioning PU or ZI ("when?") and not ZEhA ("how long?")?
Secondly, what is it meant by "to combine cu'e"? Is {cu'eku do puzi
sombo le gurni} also such a combination? Thirdly, do "other tense
cmavo" include VA, VEhA, FAhA, TAhE, ZAhO, ROI, etc?

mu'o mi'e vid