[lojban] Re: jbofihe or book error?

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 04:59:03AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Jorge Llamb?as <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> > --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > In
> > > http://lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter14.html,
> > > ex. 15.9 does not parse with jbofihe.
> >
> > The correct sentence corresponding to the English is:
> > 
> >       nu'i ge la djan. bau la lojban. [nu'u] 
> >       gi la frank. bai la djordj. [nu'u] cusku
> > 
> > Or {joi gi} instead of {ge}, given that the text is about
> > non-logical connectives. It is not clear what distinction is
> > 15.9 supposed to make with respect to 15.8.
> 
> I think the original intention might have been something like:
> 
>      do fa'u mi cusku nu'i fa'u gi fi la djan. bau la lojban. [nu'u] 
>      gi fi la frank. bai la djordj. [nu'u] 
> 
> You and I speak, to John in Lojban, and to Frank compelled by 
> George, respectively.

To match the English, wouldn't you want:

    la djan. fa'u la frank. cusku nu'i fa'u gi bau la lojban. [nu'u]
    gi bai la djordj. [nu'u] 

?

-Robin

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