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Re: [lojban] CLL Corrections
On 09/08/2014, TR NS wrote:
Ah, ok. That at least makes sense. My "gut" sort of revolts at this
ambiguity though --I mean there is no way to designate a sumti in a
sentence while being ambiguous about exactly which slot it is filling,
is there? So it's seems odd to me that one could do that in a
subordinate clause. But in any case, at least that explanation makes
sense. It would be good if the LLC made that clear --adding your very
words, in fact, would have helped me understand that section much better.
You can say {fa xi xo'e mi klama} for expressing a relation {klama}
among whose sumti there's {mi}, although which sumti slot it fills is
left unspecified. {mi jai nu klama} ("I am involved in an event of
going") is also a possibility for achieving a similar effect.
As for which place a hidden {ke'a} fills in a realtive clause, I always
assume it fills the first empty tersu'i (sumti slot).
Having it filling an unspecified place by default would force to use
{ke'a} much of the times if you want to be precise, adding two more
syllables to the relative clause.
I don't recall having ever wanted to left which tersu'i a ke'a fills to
context, and in the rare case where you would want to do so, you can
resort to {do'e} or {fi xi xo'e}, so in my humble opinion always
assuming it fills the first empty tersu'i makes things clearer and often
saves you a couple of syllables.
mu'o mi'e la .ilmen.
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