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Re: [lojban] Re: On not using du for is



Jorge Llambías wrote:
--- 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. 
  

.ienairu'e .i zo ti steci le smuni .iseni'ibo lo patfu du le patfu

.i mi na jimpe fi le terfrica be lu ti patfu mi li'u goiko'a be'o zu'i goiko'e .i ko'a zukte simsa .i ko'e dacti simsa (verb-like, vs. noun-like).


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