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Re: [lojban] Re: tersmu 0.2




On 30/10/2014 02:43, Martin Bays wrote:

A sumtcita ↔ bridi relative clause conversion table could look like the
below:

SE ba X  =  xoi ke'a SE balvi X vau
se pi'o X  =  xoi X se pilno fi ke'a vau
SE ka'a X  =  xoi fasnu fa ke'a jo'u lo nu X SE klama vau
fau X  =  xoi fasnu fa ke'a jo'u X vau
(Here {ke'a} stands for the outer bridi.)
I don't think it's clear that every tag permits such a definition.
e.g. I don't think {no roi} does.
What's wrong with {broda xoi ke'a rapli li no} → {lo nu broda cu rapli li no}?


Furthermore, {ba} and {pu} are irregular sumtcita, in that their
underlying predicate is inversed when they're used with {bo}:
• { brode .ije *ba bo* brodo } = { brode .ije *ba* lo nu go'i cu brodo
}  (irregular ba/pu sumtcita)
• { brode .ije *ki'u bo* brodo } = { brode .ije *se ki'u* lo nu go'i cu
brodo }  (regular sumtcita)
(I don't agree that these are literally equivalences, but probably you
didn't mean to claim that.)

Isn't the difference you're highlighting just the (annoying!) difference
between tenses and other tags in afterthought?

Martin
Yeah, that's the tense / modal difference. As I use only pu/ca/ba in afterthought tag connections, I've forgotten the other tenses were also affected.

mi'e la .ilmen. mu'o


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