[lojban] Re: lo tumla ne'i lo xamsi

[Jorge Llambías <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On 10/3/05, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > .i tu zo'u lo solji cu gacri
> >  lo klaji gi'e drudi lo dinju
>
> My point is that is totally isolated: it has no
> role in the sentence, a fronting with no place
> indicated.  I understand it but don't see how to
> parse it meaningfully.

It is the topic of the sentence. The topic often is, but need not
always be, one of the arguments of the main selbri.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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