On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Luke Bergen
<lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
How would lojban differentiate between "I'm surprised that you said 'that'" (emphasis on 'that' as opposed to saying 'this') vs "I'm surprised that you said 'that'" (emphasis on 'said' as opposed to 'wrote' or 'thought')?
My first thought was {ba'e} but my understanding of {ba'e} is that it's just there for emphasis and carries no additional semantic meaning (similar to how {lo nanmu cu klama lo zarci} isÂsemanticallyÂidentical to {lo zarci cu se klama lo nanmu}). ÂAnd as I understand it the two sentences in English mean entirely different things. ÂThey are not only different in their emphasis.
I'm not sure how clearly this question is coming through. ÂIt could probably have stood toÂpercolateÂin my head a while more but I don't want to forget it (again).
mi'e pafcribe
 No, your first thought was exactly correct. ba'e emphasizes the next word, thereby singling it out as important.Â
       Â --gejyspa
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