Re: [lojban] "ge ... gi ..." question

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> A little while back I saw xorxes say:
> {lo prije lo bebna cu simsa lo ka ro roi tolcri ge lo se junri lo se xalbo
> gi lo se xalbo lo se junri}.
> I thought this usage of ge gi to get reciprocity was really cool but for
> some reason it seems like jboski doesn't like it.  xorxes, is this a bug in
> your (beautiful) bridi or in jboski?

Didn't you read the following sentence? It was something like "to .ei
zo nu'i mrobi'o toi"

jboski will probably be happy with: "lo prije lo bebna cu simsa lo ka
ro roi tolcri nu'i ge lo se junri lo se xalbo gi lo se xalbo lo se
junri".

> Followup question which assumes that this is fine and jboski is confused.
>  How would I express the next sumti after the ge... gi...  for example, if I
> want to say {broda ge lo brode lo brodi gi lo brodi lo brode <what
> terminator> [fo] brodi} where {brodi} fills the fourth place, how do I stop
> it from getting sucked up into the {gi}.

There's no terminator. You just have to have the same number of terms
for each conjunct. The next term will not be a part of the conjunct.
(Or, the terminator is "nu'u" if you used "nu'i".)

> Also, if I want the reciprocal sumti to be x1 and x2 would I say {broda fa
> ge lo brode lo brodi gi lo brodi lo brode} or {broda ge fa lo brode lo brodi
> gi fa lo brodi lo brode}?  Or are either acceptable?

Only the latter.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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