Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: lo do ckiku ma zvati

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 06 July 2010 20:13:16 Luke Bergen wrote:
> This is exactly why I can't stand the idea of teaching {cu} right at the
> beginning.  I still catch myself thinking things like {ta cu gerku} because
> I got into the bad habbit of thinking of {cu} as being like "is"/"does".

Nothing wrong with "ta cu gerku". "cu" is not a copula or auxiliary, it's a 
predicate marker, a part of speech which does not exist in English, but does 
in Tok Pisin (though the rules are different). Tok Pisin, unlike Lojban, 
distinguishes common nouns, adjectives, and verbs, but uses "i" with all of 
them.
ta (cu) gerku = em i dok
ta (cu) barda = em i bikpela
le gerku cu barda = dok i bikpela
le remna cu klama le tricu = man i go long diwai
do barda = yu bikpela (I think "yu i bikpela" is grammatical, but not said)

Pierre
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li ci su'i ze te'a mu bi'e vu'u ci

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