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Re: [lojban] sei
The metalinguistic aside is a "degenerate bridi". By that, I mean that it ends when the main selbri of that bridi is encountered.e.g. {.i mi do prami [sei mi stace]} = {.i [sei mi stace] mi do prami}
This means that the sei-bridi cannot have a bridi-tail, and therefore no trailing sumti. To remedy this, you can inject sumti directly into the selbri by means of linkargs, with {be} & co.
e.g. {.i mi ba'o klama lo zarci sei mi cusku be fi lo mamta}
If your sei-clause comes directly before the main selbri, there's the obvious issue of an accidental tanru forming:
e.g. {.i mi sei mi stace * prami do} the accidental tanru forms at *.
This is the motivation for sei's terminator, se'u:
e.g. {.i mi sei mi stace se'u prami do}
.i mi'e la tsani mu'o
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