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Re: [lojban] "act so that" without ko?

To: Martin Norbäck <martin@norpan.org>
Subject: Re: [lojban] "act so that" without ko?
From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:35:45 -0400
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Martin Norbäck scripsit:

> I have always thought that the "ko" construct is a bit of a kludge. What
> especially bugged me was the example in CLL "ko ko kurji". Why replace
> both "do" with "ko"?

Because it lets you express two meanings simultaneously:

	"Take care of yourself"
	"Be taken care of by yourself"

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