Re: [lojban] Re: The New Method

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you mean "we don't need it"?  How else would you say {mi klama be lo
> zarci be'o djica fi lo nu cpacu lo nanba}?  Here is a selbri which is a
> tanru made up of two gismu each of which need stuff put into their x2 place.
>  How can that be done without {be}?

IF "ku" were not elidable, then we would not need the be-bei-be'o construction.

In that case, we would say: "mi klama lo zarci ku djica" and "lo zarci
ku" would fill the x2 of klama without any need for "be", and "klama
lo zarci ku" would form a tanru with "djica". That's not grammatical
with the current grammar, but the reason is so "ku" is elidable most
of the time.

mu'o mi'e xorxes