Re: [lojban] cu-alike for other situations

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 03:34:50PM -0400, Luke Bergen wrote:
> Ok, so the general rule when reading a piece of text and
> encountering a {cu} is "ok, whatever comes next, it's applied to
> the main selbri (either it is the main selbri, or it's going in
> the FV slot)".  Does that sound right?

No.  Next outer bridi, not "main" bridi, whatever that might mean.
Same as {cu} works now:

mi djica le nu le klama cu xunre

> Can {CU} be followed by BAI?  How about tags in general?  It seems
> inconsistent to say that {cu fi} is good but {cu ca} is not.  FA
> and PU behave the same in nearly all other respects.  Why should
> they be different here?

Good point.

> For the record, I think it's a great idea.  It seems a shame that
> with as useful as {cu} is, it's only allowed to be used to "pop
> out" to the main selbri.

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