[lojban] Re: eschewing SE (was: RE: Re: Standard Lojban (was: The Alice Translation HasMoved And Changed) (fwd)

[Invent Yourself <xod@thestonecutters.net>]

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote:

> Xod:
> > While I'm at it I might as well mention a habit that I think makes Lojban
> > simpler, easier for students (most of us!), and remains well within the
> > bounds of Standard Lojban. It is the eschewing of selbri SE. The places
> > are hard enough to remember as they are, without the conversions. And
> > there are ways to announce focus that are more lojbanic: ba'e, and UI.
>
> I feel the same, but if you want to eschew it completely then its use in
> a sumti tail, {le se broda}, will have to be replaced by {poi'i}/{se ka},
> {le poi'i (ke'a) broda}/{le se ka ce'u broda}, each of which is
> unofficial.


I only eschew it in selbri.



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