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



fre 2004-10-29 klockan 07:35 -0400 skrev John Cowan:
> 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"
> 

Yeah, it's a good thing Lojban doesn't discriminate against people with
dual personalities. :)

The "doi ko" suggestion is interesting though.

Regards,

	Martin