Re: [lojban] ma'i

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 01:43:46AM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> Chapter 10, 8.3:
> le verba mo'i ri'u cadzu le bisli ma'i vo'a
> The child walks toward her right on the ice.
> 
> {ma'i} is in selma'o BAI so grammatically it adds a place to {cadzu}. But
> semantically it's modifying {ri'u}. So what does this mean:
> 
> le verba cadzu le bisli ma'i vo'a

Assuming you meant 

le verba cu cadzu le bisli ma'i vo'a

I would say it means that the child walks on the ice ey is on, as
opposed to the ice I am on.

-Robin

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