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Re: [lojban] zo .y.bu cmavo lo zo bu jonai zo by xu

On Sunday 06 February 2011 22:42:54 Ross Ogilvie wrote:
> la'e ko'a zo'u tu'a lo mapli cu natfe lo se xusra

mapli ki'a?

> .i mi na djuno lo du'u makau drani .i pe'i la'e ko'e plixau zmadu
>
> mu'o mi'e ros.
>
> The opening of Magic+Words asserts that ybu is BU near the beginning, but
> the example given below contradicts that
> broda .y. bu = broda + the letter y
>
> In short, I don't know. Certainly being able to talk about the letter y
> easily seems more useful than being allowed to yyyyy in the middle of a bu
> construction.

Running various combinations through camxes, I find it impossible to 
quote "y":

broda y bu
text
   bridiTail3
   |- BRIVLA
   |     gismu: broda
   |- CMAVO
         BY
         |- y
         |- bu

zo y bu lervla
text
   sentence
   |- ZOPre
   |  |- CMAVO
   |  |     ZO: zo
   |  |- CMAVO
   |        BY
   |        |- y
   |        |- bu
   |- BRIVLA
         lujvo: lervla

zo abu lervla
text
   sentence
   |- buClauseNoPre
   |  |- ZOPre
   |  |  |- CMAVO
   |  |  |     ZO: zo
   |  |  |- CMAVO
   |  |        A: a
   |  |- CMAVO
   |        BU: bu
   |- BRIVLA
         lujvo: lervla

zo y na lervla
text
   sentence
   |- ZOPre
   |  |- CMAVO
   |  |     ZO: zo
   |  |- CMAVO
   |        NA: na
   |- BRIVLA
         lujvo: lervla

lu y li'u valsi
text
   sentence
   |- sumti6
   |  |- CMAVO
   |  |     LU: lu
   |  |- CMAVO
   |        LIhU: li'u
   |- BRIVLA
         gismu: valsi

lo'u y le'u valsi
text
   sentence
   |- LOhUPre
   |  |- CMAVO
   |  |     LOhU: lo'u
   |  |- CMAVO
   |        LEhU: le'u
   |- BRIVLA
         gismu: valsi

zoi y valsi y valsi
text
   ZOIPre
   |- CMAVO
   |     ZOI: zoi
   |- BRIVLA
   |     gismu: valsi
   |- BRIVLA
         gismu: valsi

zoi gy y gy broda
text
   sentence
   |- ZOIPre
   |  |- CMAVO
   |  |     ZOI: zoi
   |  |- CMAVO
   |  |     BY: gy
   |  |- CMAVO
   |        BY: gy
   |- BRIVLA
         gismu: broda

Pierre
-- 
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