Re: [lojban] Re: Baby Words: "you're right" and orders.

[MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com>]

You're using imperative and command as if they were different, but to me they are synonyms. What does each mean to you? 

mu'o mi'e stevon

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:53 PM, selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:

la .stevon. cu cusku di'e

What's the difference between using {e'i} and using {ko}? When would you
use {e'i} without {ko}, and vice versa?

{ko} is a vague imperative, it can be used for requests and commands alike, it can be polite or not.

{.e'i} (under the proposed definition) is explicitly a command, much like {.e'o} is explicitly a request.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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