[lojban] Re: jordis

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

--- Martin Bays wrote:
> Really? I can believe that that's the usage, and the Book isn't completely
> clear on this - but it does say:
> 
> """
> Alternatively, the ``ba'e'' can be moved to a position before the
> ``la'', which in effect emphasizes the whole construct ``la djordj.'':
> 
> 11.5)    mi viska ba'e la djordj.
>      I saw [emphasis] the-one-named ``George''.
>      I saw George.
> """
> 
> This led me to believe that {ba'e} works like UI in this respect.

The difference is that {ba'e} acts on a word, whereas most UIs don't.
If you say {djordj iu} you express love for George, not for the word
{djordj}. If you say {ba'e djordj} on the other hand, you emphasize the
word {djordj}, not George the person (what would it mean to emphasize a
person?). So UIs may require more than a single word because they act 
on what the word points to, and gadri by themselves don't point to 
anything. I agree that the CLL example would seem to support your 
view, though.  

mu'o mi'e xorxes



		
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