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From: Pierre Abbat <phma@oltronics.net>

On Saturday 22 September 2001 10:45, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote:
> >It was John that Bill hit
>
> la bil darxi la djan bi'u

fe la djan fa la bil darxi

> >It was Bill that hit John
>
> la bil bi'u darxi la djan

fa la djan darxi la bil

> >What John did was hit Bill
>
> la djan darxi bi'u la bil.
>
> >What John did to Bill was hit him
>
> lenu la djan gasnu tu'a la bil zo'u jy darxi
>
> >What happened to Bill was John hit him
>
> lenu gasnu tu'a la bil. zo'u la djan darxi by
> lenu la bil lifri zo'u la djan darxi by
>
> >It is John and Bill that are respectively x, y such that x hit y
>
> da po'u la djan bi'u de po'u la bil bi'u zo'u da darxi de
> or explicitly using "respectively" operator
> da fa'u de vu'o po'u bi'u la djan fa'u la bil zo'u da darxi de
> or having more fun with multiple prenexes
> la djan la bil zo'u da po'u jy de po'u by zo'u da darxi de

la djan ce'e la bil bi'u darxi

mi'e pier.

