Re: [lojban] bi'i syntax

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la pier cusku di'e

> I tried these utterances on jbofi'e:
>
> mi klama le zdani ku bi'i le ckule
> (parses)
> mi klama le zdani bi'i le ckule
>
> What's wrong with the second one? I just dropped "ku" which is elidable...

{bi'i} is essentially like a JOI. After {le zdani bi'i}
the parser expects another brivla, e.g. {le zdani bi'i ckule},
and it can't handle anything else. This has to do with the
LALR1ness of the grammar. I don't think it could ever be
ambiguous for a human listener, but {ku} is not elidable there.

co'o mi'e xorxes


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