[lojban] Re: Opinions on "mi viska le sa .i mi cusku zo .djan."

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> This sentence:
> 
>     mi viska le sa .i mi cusku zo .djan.
> 
> is given as an example in the book, yet prima facia it's wrong: there is
> no other sentence starter to erase back to.

What exactly is the rule for sa? Can't it be "erase back until
you find a word of the same selamho as the word following sa, or
to the beginning of text if no such word is found"?

> I don't really think the incorrectness of that text is arguable
> (although I'd love to see someone argue it).  What I'm wondering is do
> people think that allowing "sa I" or "sa NIhO" at the beginning of text
> is a reasonable extension?  It would be clearly labelled as
> non-standard, at least in the documentation.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I don't see a problem
with sa at the beginning of text, it is pointless but harmless.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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