Re: [lojban] koko & jai

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la aulun cusku di'e

> 1) ko ko kurji:
>
> Isn't it pleonasm using {ko} two times here?

Yes, which doesn't make it wrong or bad, does it?

> 2) Is it the fact that {jai} only can be used to go around a 1-place 
> abstraction? And also, not allowed to go with {se} etc.?

Both {jai se broda} and {se jai broda} are allowed.

> le nu do tavla bau la lojban cu fenki -> tu'a do fenki -> do jai fenki fai 
> tavla bau la lojban.

It should be: {fai le nu tavla bau la lojban}.

> but
> mi djuno le du'u do tavla bau la lojban. -> mi djuno tu'a do //-> mi jai 
> djuno do fai...

No, it should be: {do jai se djuno mi fai le du'u tavla bau la lojban}
or {mi se jai se djuno do fai le du'u ...}

> or: mi morji zo'e do -> mi morji tu'a do -> mi jai morji do ????

{mi se jai se morji do}.

> Since {jai} switches the places, I fear there arise heavy problems with 
> some of the above constructions.

{jai} switches the first place with the fai-place. It combines with
se, te, etc the same way that they do among themselves.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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