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Re: [lojban] Am I completely wrong about tanru?
I was under the same impression. But keep in mind, the first word in the tanru modifies the second word. So by extension, ko'a will have some attributes of the {broda} since {brode} is a {broda} type-of {brode}.
hmm, that could be better said. If {lo mamta patfu} is a motherly kind of father, then in the bridi {ko'a mamta patfu} we are first and foremost saying that {ko'a} is a {patfu}. But we are also saying that ko'a is a {mamta} kind of {patfu}. So the nature of the tanru will always imply that x1 has some of the characteristics of each of the words in the selbri. But the places are ultimately those of the right-most word (unless you do "co" and such).
A better example: {ko'a blanu zdani}. Yes, ko'a is a house, but since we are saying that it's a {blanu} type-of {zdani} it just so happens that {ko'a} could very well fill out the x1 of {blanu} as well.
Which examples in particular were throwing you off?
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