Re: TECH: PROPOSED GRAMMAR CHANGE X4: Forethought bridi and bridi-tail connection

[Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>]

la lojbab cusku di'e

> I will pass on agreeing or disagreeing whether there is no semantic
> distinction between a bridi-tail and a sentence; for onr thing, I am not
> sure what you mean by the statement.

I mean that a bridi-tail is a sentence in all but name.

> The same sentence written with foreterms
> and a bridi-tail vs. only tail-terms does have a semantic difference -
> that of "observative" form.

What is the semantic difference between {ta blanu} and {blanu fa ta}?

I don't see any special semantic content in the "observative" form.
At most it is a matter of emphasis, but that also exists in sentences
with foreterms, like {ko'a ko'e broda} vs {ko'a broda ko'e}.

Jorge