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Re: [lojban] Some questions
la avital cusku di'e
a) Regarding be/bei/be'o. I don't quite understand why bei is needed. Why
can't it be defined that <le SELBRI be TEXT be'o> be understood as "what
fills the place for '_______ cu SELBRI TEXT'", and sumti are separated the
'standard' way in a normal bridi
That would make {be'o} never elidable. With the current grammar
it usually is elidable.
b) After starting to teach Lojban to some friends, they all shouted out
that "This goddamn 'y' letter is all fucked-up.
My feelings precisely.
Anyone have any explanations?
Speakers of 5-vowel languages were not consulted at the time...
c) The use of pe with tense modifiers. I do not understand the grammer
behind <le prenu pe pu>. This seems idiotic, or at least 'forcing the
meaning' into the phrase. Isn't a sumti supposed to some after pe? And if
not, what is the exact way of understanding the meaning?
Do you mean {le prenu pe pu ku}? {puku} is a term, it can be
attached to a sumti using {pe} like any other term. It would mean
"the person associated with the past (of something, usually the
past of now)".
co'o mi'e xorxes
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