Re: [lojban] Re: what's a du'u?

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:05 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> .ua
>
> so that's how a valid answer to {.i xu do klama} can be {go'i}.  I always
> kind of wondered what happened to the {xu} when a person says {go'i}.

"go'i" represents the selbri of the preceding bridi, in this case
"klama". So responding "go'i" is like responding "klama". (The omitted
sumti are normally assumed to be the same as those of the preceding
bridi, but they need not be.

> Although.... how is it that the {xu} doesn't get included when you have
> A:  {do klama ti xu ta}
> B:  {go'i}
> ?

Same thing, it's like responding "klama".

mu'o mi'e xorxes