On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 06:02:53PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Friday 18 July 2003 10:14, Jordan DeLong wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 05:05:23PM +0300, Robin Turner wrote:
> > > Craig wrote:
> > > >Here's a related question for you. Is "broda fa ko'e cu brode"
> > > > grammatical? If so, what would you guess it to mean?
> > >
> > > It's not grammatical, though "broda be fa ko'e brode" would be. It
> > > would be pointless to use "fa" here, though, since the first place after
> > > "be" would also be the first place of the preceding tanru component.
> > > You could say something meaningful using different place tags, though
> > > e.g. "ta xamgu be fe le ka kufra zdani" - "That is a house which is good
> > > by the standard of comfort".
> >
> > The first place after be is the *second* place of the first tanru
> > component.
>
> If you say "be fa", it is the first.
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Correct.
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