[lojban] Re: {ca'o} vs. {ze'a} vs. {co'inai}

["la gusek." <gunnar_secret@hotmail.com>]

1. Huge. {ca'o} is the continuative marker and indicates that {broda} is in the phase of continuing being true (it's in progress). This can be compared to {pu'o} (before starting) and {ba'o} (after ending). It says nothing about for how long {broda} has been going on. {ze'i}/{ze'a}/{ze'u} on the other hand are markers to indicate the length of time that the relationship {broda} lasts. But it says nothing about if we're situated before it ({pu'o}), during it's continuation ({ca'o}) or after it has ended ({ba'o}).

2. I'm not quite sure what it would mean. I would guess it would state that {broda} is not a point-event and therefore has a length, whatever that length might be.

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