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Re: [lojban] Re: To be polite in lojban.



They behave differently. {e'o} is a UI, {pe'u} a COI.

On 22 February 2010 18:34, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
they way I understand it {.e'o} is more specific.  I seem to remember somewhere in the CLL that pretty much anything becomes more polite if you add {pe'u} to it.  Whereas {.e'o} is only for if you're requesting that the listener do something.


On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Geoffrey Beresford <gfberesford@gmail.com> wrote:
What's the difference between {pe'u} and {.e'o}  for "please" ?