Re: [lojban] What can you do with Lojban that you can't do with English?

[Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com> wrote:

> ta nelci lo ta gerku
>
> vs.
>
> S/he likes his/her dog.

That doesn't quite mean that but yes, the demonstratives can refer to
things or people.

It actually means "what I'm pointing at like the dog of what I'm
pointing at" but those pointed-at things don't need to refer to the
same thing. Using [ri] would solve that problem.

Nit-picky.

-- 
mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )

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