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Re: [lojban] Re: jbofihe or book error?
--- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > In http://lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter14.html,
> > ex. 15.9 does not parse with jbofihe.
>
> The correct sentence corresponding to the English is:
>
> nu'i ge la djan. bau la lojban. [nu'u]
> gi la frank. bai la djordj. [nu'u] cusku
>
> Or {joi gi} instead of {ge}, given that the text is about
> non-logical connectives. It is not clear what distinction is
> 15.9 supposed to make with respect to 15.8.
I think the original intention might have been something
like:
do fa'u mi cusku nu'i fa'u gi fi la djan. bau la lojban. [nu'u]
gi fi la frank. bai la djordj. [nu'u]
You and I speak, to John in Lojban, and to Frank compelled by
George, respectively.
That example could fit better with the text.
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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