RE: [lojban] la lojban la and bangu

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

la and cusku di'e

> I hope I'm not wasting your time by (as is likely) misremembering
> the place structure of "bangu".

Not at all.

> I'm thinking it is "x1 is a
> language spoken by x2".

Yes.

> The idea then is that the x2 = lojbo
> and is incorporated into the lujvo, leaving you with just the
> one argument, for the speaker.

So jbobau = bangu be loi lojbo, "x1 is the language of
lojbanists", "x1 is Lojban". Just as glibau means "x1 is English".

> "(za'i) jbobau" would then mean
> "is a lojban speaker", while "zu'o jbobau" would mean "is
> dynamically a lojban speaker".

"is a lojban language", not a lojban speaker.

co'o mi'e xorxes


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