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[lojban] Re: letteral reference

On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 5:32 AM,  <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 5/17/2008 04:22:26 AM Central Daylight Time,
> ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:
>
>
> ni'o le kensa prenu cu badri .i ky. kansa noda .i ky. na nelci
>   la'edi'u .i ky. pensi lo ka pendo
>
>
> Does "ky" refer to "kensa prenu"?  I expected "kypy" or just "py".
>

  I would use ky myself, although I wouldn't have minded kypy.  I
understand what you are getting at, that prenu is the "main" gismu of
the tanru, but the fact remains that it is acting together as a unit
(tanru).  It would be no different than in English calling a mailbox
by M, not B, or police officer by P, not O.

                  --gejyspa


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