Re: [lojban] placement of "da'i"

["Mark E. Shoulson" <mark@kli.org>]

On 12/30/2012 10:22 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@kli.org 
> <mailto:mark@kli.org>> wrote:
>
>     On 12/30/2012 10:16 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
>         Let's suppose that no cross between an Eskimo and a Pintupi
>         exists (which is
>         probably true, as Eskimos live in the cold north, and Pintupis
>         live in the
>         desert of Northern Territory and Western Australia). I ask a
>         question: "lo
>         ginxre be lo skimale .e lo pintupi cu xabju ma?" This should
>         have a "da'i" in
>         it. Where would you put it?
>
>         Pierre
>
>     After the {lo}.
>
>
> da'i is a UI, it attaches to the preceding word.
Exactly, and to the grammatical unit bounded by that word (I think I 
didn't make that up).  Just as attaching it to the .i would attach it to 
the whole sentence, putting it after {lo} attaches it to the entire 
sumti-phrase.

Otherwise, you could put it after the {be'o} that was elided.

~mark

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