* Tuesday, 2011-11-29 at 18:37 -0300 - Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Martin Bays <mbays@sdf.org> wrote:
> >
> > And do you similarly really want {ko'a .e ko'e lo broda cu brode} to not
> > be equivalent to {ge ko'a lo broda cu brode gi ko'e lo broda cu brode},
>
> I want it equivalent to "ge ko'a ko'i goi lo broda cu brode gi ko'e ko'i brode".
>
> The shared elements in bridi joined by ".e" or "gi'e" are not words
> but their meanings.
>
> > in that the value of {lo broda} can be different in the two occurances
> > in the latter but must be constant in the former?
> >
> > That complicates things significantly, you know.
>
> No more than for "ta" or for "la djan" or most sumti for which you
> can't absolutely guarantee that they will end up with the same
> referent(s) every time they are used.
Fair enough. Thanks for clarifying.
Martin
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