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[lojban] Re: jbofihe or book error?



--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 04:59:03AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
>
> > 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] 
> 
> ?

But in that case you don't need {nu'i} at all, you have {fa'u gi}
coordinating single terms.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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