Re: [lojban] {ko}, {xa'e}, {.e'u}, {e'o}

[la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

{.e'u} and {ko} largely differ in the fact that after insubmission after {ko} you might be executed by your commander whereas after {.e'u} you would probably survive. zo'o

On Friday, August 17, 2012 4:24:31 PM UTC+4, selpa'i wrote:
> Am 17.08.2012 13:47, schrieb Paul Predkiewicz:
> > but {xa'e} is a rafsi of {xance}, how would you use it to say such 
> > things as "let's go"?
>
> -xa'e- is the rafsi, but xa'e as a cmavo is a LAhE (even though I wish 
> it was UI) that makes it so that the sumti it's used on is treated as if 
> it was ko, i.e. a third-person command.
>
>      xa'e lo gerku cu cliva
>      "The dogs shall leave!"
>      "May the dogs leave!"
>      "I want the dogs to leave."
>
> Whether it's very useful is another question. {.e'u} will usually be 
> enough for cohortatives at least.
>
> mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
>
> -- 
> pilno zo le xu .i lo dei bangu cu se cmene zo lojbo .e nai zo lejbo

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