[lojban] Re: zo go'i

["Jorge J. Llambías" <jorge@intermedia.com.ar>]

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" <jorge@intermedia.com.ar>

la djan maynat cusku di'e

>    "You are not lying to me now, I do not think," he said at last.
>    "No, I am not lying to you now," Nieh agreed.
>
>i sei ko'e cusku ba la denpa se'u ia do na'e ca ticysku mi .i sei ko'a
tugni
>cusku se'u go'i
>
>But: as do'i repeats the previous sentence, would this be the same as:
>
>i sei ko'e cusku ba la denpa se'u do na'e ca ticysku mi .i sei ko'a tugni
>cusku se'u do na'e ca ticysku mi

No, your first sentence is correct. {go'i} does not repeat the words of
the previous sentence. It repeats its meaning. To repeat with new values
for the pronouns you have to say {go'ira'o} e.g.:

A: mi prami do
B: go'ira'o

>Am I
>correct in thinking that go'i, here, would express the event of {Nieh
>Ho-T'ing lies to Su Shun-Ch'in now}, no matter who is speaking it?
>Therefore, the first sentence would actually be equivalent to:
>
>i sei ko'e cusku ba la denpa se'u do na'e ca ticysku mi .i sei ko'a tugni
>cusku se'u mi na'e ca ticysku do
>
>Is my reasoning correct here?

It is correct. See pages 155/156 of the book.

co'o mi'e xorxes



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