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

[Betsemes <betsemes@gmail.com>]

From the dictionary (Edition 4 - March 2009):

e'o cmavo [UI1]$e'o$
attitudinal: request - negative request.
See also cpedu, pikci.

What is a negative request? A command? How a negative request would be used?

On 2/22/10, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Monday 22 February 2010 15:52:42 james riley wrote:
>> They behave differently. {e'o} is a UI, {pe'u} a COI.
>
> In other words, "pe'u" is followed by a name, which refers to whom you are
> asking to do something. "e'o" marks whatever precedes, or its scope, as a
> polite request, but doesn't address anyone.
>
> Pierre
> --
> .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
> .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
> .icu'u la ma'atman.
>
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