[lojban] Re: use of ko'a

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

>> > 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.
>>
>> I disagree.
>>
>>     le mi mamta mamta cu mutce nelci le karce .i ko'a ji'a nelci le
>>     ladru
>>
>> I don't see that anyone's going to have much confusion there, and
>> since I presumably intend to deliver a bunch more sentences
>> involving le mi mamta mamta, it seems a reasonable thing to do.

>I agree with robin.

>Errr.  The other robin.

>Unbound malglico.  Either use my. or le go'i or ra or bind the ko'a.
>my. and ra even cost less syllables, so I don't see what argument
>there is for the unbound ko'a.

The argument is, pe'i, that it is grammatical so it ought to be meaningful.
To those of you who argue for unbound ko'a, if that is your reason, I have a
question for you. i pei xu cu'e xo ma mo? If not, then what is your reason?

 -- mi'e .kreig.daniyl.

"Well, well, well. It seems that the Martial Penis has fallen asleep."
 -rlpowell

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