[lojban] Re: E Pluribus Unum and question about "lo nu binxo"

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

ahhh, I see.  So "sei" is almost like a "to ... toi" kind of construct that is specifically about the containing bridi.  So, (thought it might be a little confusing) could I say something like:

mi cusku sei mi cusku vau lu coi rodo li'u

Or does sei have it's own terminator?

 - Luke Bergen

2009/5/29 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also, I found the following in "lo nu binxo" and am a little confused....
>
> "ni'o lu xu do jimpe su'o valsi sei lo krati fo lo rirni cu te preti"
>
> the place structure of "te preti" would be "questioner x1 about subject x2
> asks/queries the question x3 (quoted text) to audience x4"
>
> but filling in those places doesn't seem to make much sense since in the
> quote "lu xu do jimpe su'o valsi" would seem to fill in the x1 place.  Or am
> I misunderstanding how "sei" works?

"sei lo krati fo lo rirni cu te preti" is a free modifier, it's not
part of the quote:

"lu xu do jimpe su'o valsi --sei lo krati fo lo rirni cu te preti-- .i
xu tu tarti lo nu mi'o bebna li'u"

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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