[lojban] Re: cfari

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:25:13PM -0500, John Cowan wrote:
> > Robin Lee Powell scripsit:
> >
> > > Those of you without time/ability to read the Lojban might might
> > > the topic interesting: xorxes was pointing out four places where
> > > I used a COI cmavo as though it was UI (i.e., without following
> > > it with a name).  xorxes expressed his desire for COI cmavo to
> > > actually grammatically be like UI cmavo (which I'm inclined to
> > > agree with).
> >
> > Well, UI binds to the previous word.  Is that what you were doing?
>
> Nope.
>
> > It's certainly grammatical to have COI by itself now, although you
> > need an explicit "do'u" if the next thing is a name or sumti.
>
> That was the issue.
>
> ".i fi'isai mi gleki le nu do cilre la .lojban."
>
> Doesn't meant what I wanted it to mean.
>
> What about "je'e pe'u mi broda"?  Does the je'e grab anything?


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