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Re: [lojban] Mark on wiki on lerfu



In a message dated 9/7/2001 7:59:35 AM Central Daylight Time,
a.rosta@ntlworld.com writes:


"we can use any string of lerfu as a ko'a-style sumti variable (which makes
me
think that there's practically no reason ever to use the ko'a series at
all)"

-- can you explain?


Well, {ko'a} needs {goi} to work effectively, but we can pretty uniquely
refer to any earlier sumti (within mental limits) with one or two lerfu in a
row, without needing to use {goi}, and without running into the limit to 10
forms or whatever.
[how do we know to parse {gyby} as one sumti rather than two?]