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Re: [lojban] Re: Language-independent humor



{pe} and {be} belong to different selma'o and they have different
functions.
 
o'a nai ru'e

{be} attaches a sumti to a brivla. {pe} attaches a sumti to
another sumti. {be} can only be used right after a brivla (or other
tanru unit). It cannot be used between a gadri and a brivla.
 
ua nai
Did I remember a {la be [sumti] ku [cmene]} form?

The sequence is as follows:

[...]
You attach to the sumti another sumti.
 
(This is about {pe}-attachments, yes?)
 
There are three places where you can place this attached sumti:
between the gadri and the brivla, between the brivla and {ku}, or after
the {ku}.
 
Yup.

A tanru unit with attached sumti can also be used as part of a tanru,
as in the tanru {broda be ko'a brode}. You can't do that with {pe} because
there is no sumti in {broda brode} to attach another sumti to.
 
I see. ki'e do
 
mu'o