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

On 12/30/2012 11:21 PM, Jonathan Jones wrote:
On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@kli.org <mailto:mark@kli.org>> wrote: 

    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> <mailto: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.


Right. Duh. I don't know why I forgot that. Which lo, though?


The first one.  {lo da'i ginxre ...}

~mark

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