[lojban] Re: [Anecdote #6] xabyterspe

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 07:26:59PM +0200, HeliodoR wrote:
> >
> > {ro prenu zo'u ...} is perfectly grammatical, and I don't see
> > any reasons
> >why adhere to strict logics in everyday speech.
> >
> >{ro broda zo'u brode} is a natural reduction of longer {ro da poi
> >broda zo'u da brode}.
> >
> "You have to leave out the {zo'u} here..." {ro prenu cu gonai
> terspe panzi gi nalterspe panzi} is what Gabriel meant.
> 
> By the way, aren't {speni panzi} and {xabyspe panzi} just as good
> as the flipped-around versions?

Probably.  He was looking for "marriage", which IMO is "nu speni".

-Robin

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