[lojban] Re: use of ko'a

[Robin Turner <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

And Rosta wrote:
> Robin.tr:
>
> > > Craig scripsit:
> > > I first thought of "ko'a simlu ma", but "ko'a selski fo ma" would be
> >
> > be careful about "ko'a" - it's very tempting to use it to translate 
> > he/she/it, and this is _wrong_. "ko'a" should be one of the rarer 
> > pro-sumti, since you would only use it if you felt it useful to 
> > specifically assign a pro-sumti to a person or thing.  Given that you're 
> > writing a story KO'A may be appropriate, but I've seen too many cases 
> > where people use "ko'a" when they really want "ti" or "ri".
>
>
> If you or anyone else is convinced of this, then it should go to the
> BF for consideration, since AFAIK the prescription does not preclude
> unbound ko'a (i.e. = he/she/it), & it has often been used as such -- 
> quite sensibly, though nowadays I tend to prefer "le du".
>
> (Isn't it lovely that we can nowadays just say "Take it to the BF", instead
> of having furious debates on the list!)

To clarify ...
When I said "you would only use it", I didn't mean "you can never use it 
 in any other way." Unbound ko'a is grammatical, but stylistically I 
think it's malglico.

robin.tr


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Robin Turner
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