Re: [lojban] RE: zi'o and modals

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Jorge Llambias wrote:

> la rab cusku di'e
>
> > I now see that because zi'o actually eradicates the place it is not 
> > necessary
> > to switch it back, so it is simply a {zilvelbotpi}.
>
> But if you don't switch it back, the place for the bottle is x3,
> isn't it? Wouldn't it have to be {terzilvelbotpi} to have it
> back in x1?


The convention (Chapter 7) is to use a number rafsi after the
zil.  So to remove x4, use zilvonbotpi.

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