Subject: Re: [lojban] pe BAI <sumti> on tense markers

From: "Adam Raizen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:30:36 +0200

la .pier. cusku di'e

> b. ko'e zbasu le dinju lo staku pe seba'i lo rokci
> (The tower was made of brick instead of of stone. This is the right
grammar -

Note that this is not exactly what the original says ("vatehi lahem
halevena le'aven"). It's more like

le takybli cu me ko'e moi rokci
me ko'e moi fa le takybli fe loi rokci (closest to the original
word order & grammar)

or (if you hate <me SUMTI moi>)

le takybli cu se pilno ko'e le nu rokci

Also, why use the peBAI construction when 'lo staku poi basti lo
rokci' is clear and uncontroversial?

mu'o mi'e .adam.