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[lojban] Re: Can you read this and tell me if it is correct?
On Sunday 14 September 2008 04:53:36 Brett Williams wrote:
> "be" is confusing, because it's just structural. The thing is we've got
> two different levels of bridi going at the same time! That's why we need
> to distinguish. For instance:
>
> le se prami be mi citka
> - My beloved eats.
> vs
> le se prami mi citka
> - The beloved eats me!
The first one means "the my beloved eater", and being a tanru could mean "my
beloved eater" or "the eater of my beloved". To say "My beloved eats," you
have to insert "cu" or "ku".
> le klama be le zarci be'o xagji
> The market-goer is hungry.
"the market-goer hungry", similarly.
A subclass of this construction that's useful to remember is ones where the
first selbri is a measure word:
lo milylitce be li pa margu cu grake li pacipixa
mu'omi'e pier.
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