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Re: [lojban] Re: On not using du for is
--- And Rosta <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
> "ti du le mi patfu" is malglico only when the speaker intends the
> meaning "ti patfu mi". When the speaker genuinely intends the
> meaning "ti du le mi patfu", it is not malglico. The malgliconess
> comes simply from meaning X but saying Y, because Y more closely
> resembles the we X is expressed in English.
Right. On the other hand, "ti du lo patfu be mi" is synonymous
with "ti patfu mi", as far as I can tell.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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