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Re: [lojban] zasni gerna cenba
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wow, I didn't know it was so versatile. What are the semantic differences
> between those three?
> le poi blabi ku'o gerku
> le gerku poi blabi
> le gerku ku poi blabi
Not much. There can be a difference when quantifiers are involved, but
I don't know if anyone uses it consistently.
> Also, what would be the meaning of it coming right after a selbri as the
> page suggests?
Basically:
<selbri> <rel-clause> = me lo <selbri> <rel-clause>
> ta cu gerku poi blabi
> (my immediate guess is something like "that is a dog <restrictively> a white
> one" (similar to {ta cu blabi gerku}?). Though I'm not very clear what the
> difference between {poi} and {noi} would be when attached to a selbri.
Consider for example:
ta gerku noi danlu
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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