[lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Some questions

["Craig" <ragnarok@pobox.com>]

>> > >>3) Is something like "fa mi fa do broda" grammatical? What would that
>> > >> mean?
>> > >
>> > > It's certainly grammatical. It's also been given a meaning - the same
>> > > as "mi e do broda".
>> >
>> > True - the first "fa" is not necessary, though. The same can be done
>> > with any place e.g. "mi klama la paris. fe la .istanbul."  But why use
>> > FA when you can use ".e"?
>>
>> Somehow I think ".e" is not the most useful interpretation that could be
>> given such overloading.

>I think that the construction is grammatical but does not have a clear
>meaning, like "pa pi pai". If someone says something like that to me, I
might
>try to glork what he is trying to say.

I would agree. I would tend to guess mi e do, and I would tend to guess that
pier's example is 1.314 or so.

Here's a related question for you. Is "broda fa ko'e cu brode" grammatical?
If so, what would you guess it to mean?

 -- mi'e .kreig.daniyl.

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