[lojban-beginners] Re: cu'e

[turnip <turnip@bcpl.net>]

>===== Original Message From "Vid Sintef" <picos.picos@gmail.com> =====
>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?")?

  Who said it is not?

>Secondly, what is it meant by "to combine cu'e"? Is {cu'eku do puzi
>sombo le gurni} also such a combination?

  In other words, while constructions like bapu are allowed (I will have done
it), "bacu'e" is not allowed directly (nor is cu'ezi, etc.).  At least that's
how I understand it.  Your construction is fine.


>Thirdly, do "other tense
>cmavo" include VA, VEhA, FAhA, TAhE, ZAhO, ROI, etc?
>

  Absolutely... look at the examples in that section. They have a VA, a ZAhO,
even a BAI for answers.  (I'm sorry.  You meant in regards to combining?  Yes,
that would be also true, then.  You can't do it directly).

          --gejyspa