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Re: [lojban] "I know you have a brother..."



In a message dated 11/3/2001 9:39:38 PM Central Standard Time, a.rosta@ntlworld.com writes:


(4) mi djuno lo'e du'u (su'o da zo'u) da bruna do
   i zo bil cmene da

But this is logically malformed. Instead, I would suggest:

(5) mi djuno lo'e du'u (su'o da zo'u) da bruna do
   i zo bil cmene le co'e


Well, the first has the problem within the basic rules (16.14) that the {da} is in a subordinate clause so even changing {i} to {ije} would not help officially. Only the fact that this is {djuno}, not {krici}, say, allows the extension to be even plausible.  So, some help is needed, whether "the whatever" is quite right is another question.  I would be inclined to stop off at {cmene}, since we are going to have to glork it anyhow, unless be say {le bruna be do}.