Re: [lojban-beginners] sei vs to

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

On 11 May 2010 16:54, Timo Paulssen <timonator@perpetuum-immobile.de> wrote:

tijlan wrote:
> {sei} and {to}... When should we use which? What is the difference between a
> discursive element and a parenthetical element?
>
> mu'o mi'e tijlan

In my experience, a sei is more special. You can use it in place of
words like {pe'i}, {ka'u}, {ja'o} and friends. So in la alis you will
find a sentence like {ma prali sei la alis pensi fi lo cukta be cau lo
pixra} or something similar.

(I guess {secau}, not {cau}.)

But there have been {sei sa'a ...} as well, with the attitudinal indicating that the sei part is being inserted by the editor/narrator. This means that the _expression_ bracketed by {sei} is not necessarily the editor/narrator's voice. {ma prali sei la alis pensi} could be Alice's narrating her own action.

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