Re: [lojban] Re: paroi ro mentu

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

la djorden cusku di'e

> paroiku should behave just like any other floating tense-modal.

Indeed.

> For
> example
>   baku mi klama la romas. .e la paris.
> means
>   mi ba klama la romas. gi'e ba klama la paris.
>   mi ba klama la romas. .ije mi ba klama la paris.

Does that say that my going to Paris happens after my going to
Rome?

> and not
>   mi ba klama la romas. gi'e klama la paris.

But nobody suggested that {paroiku} would apply to the first
connectand only. I would have said:

baku zo'u ge mi klama la paris gi mi klama la romas

I don't think this establishes which of Paris or Rome is gone
to first. If distributing {ba} makes no difference to the
meaning, I don't see how this helps us to decide whether
{paroiku} can be distributed or not. Consider one that clearly
does make a difference:

     ta'eku mi klama la paris e la romas

This is:

     ta'eku zo'u ge mi klama la paris gi mi klama la romas
     Typically, I go both to Paris and to Rome.

Is this the same as:

     ta'eku mi klama la paris ije ta'eku mi klama la romas
     Typically I go to Paris, and typically I go to Rome.

I don't think it is. Or use {ta'enai} for an even more clear case.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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