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Re: [lojban] only in subordinate clauses



In a message dated 11/5/2001 7:00:44 AM Central Standard Time, phma@oltronics.net writes:


{le vidrnvariola te djuno le du'u zvati le skebriju [?] be ne'i la jonsi'u
jecta .e la rukygug po'o}

Is that similarly ambiguous? Are there better ways of saying it?


Aside from the question of whther this (or any place) is the right place to use {po'o}, this has the peculiarity that it says that two places are the only place where something happens.  I think you want to join the two with {joi} or some such.  the whole seems clearly to have the interpretation you originally gave the quote, not the intended one.  
Going back to basics, the distinction is between
{ro da zo'u ganai le vidrnvariola te djuno le du'u vy zvati le skebriju be ne'i da gi da du la jonsi'u jecta a la rukygug }  and
{le vidrnvariola te djuna le du'u ro da zo'u ganai vy zvati da gi da du la jonsi'u jecta a la rukygug}
I am not wild about {jonsi'u jecta} and would expect (and welcome) complaints about {le du'u}.