Re: [lojban] x3 of du'u

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:

> At 02:26 AM 8/22/01 +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> >la xod cusku di'e
> > >If ka really is du'u, but now a controversial x2 ka is being discussed,
> > >does that become the x3 of du'u?
> >
> >No, x2 of ka would only work for single-ce'u ka. That's 99.99%
> >of the times one might want to use ka, I think.
> >
> >The only time I remember needing 2-ce'u properties is with {simxu},
> >does anybody else have an example where one would need them?
> >(I don't mean some statement about the language itself, but
> >something one might say in everyday talk.) Any 3-ce'u at all?
>
> This sounds like the death knell of x2 for ka, if there exists a known ka
> (simxu) that it could not apply to.


.uanaicai Did I miss something?




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