Re: [lojban] Tag compounds' semantics

[Pierre Abbat <phma@bezitopo.org>]

On Sunday, April 13, 2014 15:55:40 Ilmen wrote:
> coi ro do,
> 
> Is { broda ri'u vi ko'a } equivalent to { broda ri'u zo'e vi ko'a } or
> to { broda ri'u ko'a vi ko'a }?
> In other words, is {ri'u vi} --and {pu zi} and the similar tag compounds
> for that matter-- considered semantically as a single tag (whose argument
> is shared by the two tag members), or as two standalone tags?

If I understand right, the object of "ri'u" is the place to whose right 
something happens, whereas the object of "vi" is the distance (which is 
short), so "ri'u ko'a vi ko'a" wouldn't make sense. But the two phrases 
combine to mean "a short distance on the right", not "somewhere on the right, 
then a short distance".

I'm about to check out of the inn, so I don't have time to look it up.

Pierre
-- 
li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa

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