[lojban] Re: grammar question in English and Lojban

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net> wrote:
> In {ma'a po'o nitselzbi smani gi'e se birka lo tormau be lo tuple be vo'a},
> is 
> {vo'a} correct, or is the sentence comparing baboon etc. arms to human legs? 

I would say it is correct, as VOhA are supposed to be reflexives and
reflexives work like that. To get the other meaning you should repeat
{ma'a} instead of using {vo'a}.

> .i ne'i zoi gy. We are the only catarrhines whose arms are shorter than *** 
> legs .gy ma .ei sumka'i posyvla gi'e basti zoi gy. *** .gy?

i mi smadi tu'a zoi gy their [own] gy

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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