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[lojban] Re: ce'u and se/sel
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- Subject: [lojban] Re: ce'u and se/sel
- From: Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:16:20 -0400
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:56 AM, Arran<arran4@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe I have misunderstood the meaning of ce'u, can someone explain why
> you would ever use ce'u when you have the SE set, which has rasfi making it
> more powerful.
>
Does one ever HAVE to use "ce'u"? No, probably not. But it's
there to mimic a lot of natural language constructions. Here's one
example from my translation of Esther: "le citni'u cu melbi fi lo ka
velski ce'u kei" -> "The maiden was pretty to look at". Also,
remember, that theoretically at least, every "ka" construction and the
like needs a "ce'u" in it. If it's not explicitly there, it's assumed
by convention to be put in the first available space. But it's not
necessarily so.
--gejyspa
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