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[lojban] Re: jordis



--- "Adam D. Lopresto" wrote:
> 
> I've wondered this before, but is there a way to refer back to the topic?  As
> far as I can tell, there isn't, but it really feels like there should be.
> 
> lo xanto zo'u lo pilka be ... cu mutce rotsu
> 
> In this case, I can use {ri}, but in general that might not do it.  I can
> assign a prosumti, but that's getting awfully awkward.  I've even wondered if
> {vo'a} can do it, but I really doubt it.

{vo'a} won't do, because it will get the x1 of rotsu. I would 
use {xy} in this particular case. There isn't any prosumti that
has a prenex sumti as its antecedent by its position as a prenex 
sumti.

> da goi le speni be mi zo'u do fi da tavla
> 
> Is at least a little tempting (it feels like it should have about the
> transience of da, so we don't have to worry about assigning a go'V), but I'm
> not sure whether it works.

You can probably get away with it.

mu'o mi'e xorxes




		
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