[lojban] Re: Scope of ko

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

--- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
> --- Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 13 April 2004 00:34, Rob Speer wrote:
> > >
> > > 1. Don't sleep with her just because you want to.
> > > 2. Don't sleep with her, because you'll catch an STD.
> > 1. ko na gletu ko'a mu'ipo'o lenu do djica
> > 2. ko gletu ko'a, mu'i lonu do cinbi'abi'o da'i kei, naku
> 
> I agree with 1., but not with 2. Moving naku around does not
> really change much here because all terms are singular. 

After some thought, I now think 2. is correct too. {mu'iku naku}
is different from {naku mu'iku} and that is precisely the difference
between the sentences (leaving aside the issue that "because you'll
catch an STD" stands for "because [if you do, then] you'll catch
an STD).

mu'o mi'e xorxes




	
		
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