From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Nov 13 16:53:37 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 14 Nov 2001 00:53:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 81902 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2001 00:53:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Nov 2001 00:53:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2001 00:53:34 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAE0rWQ05549 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:53:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:53:32 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: ca'a pu (was: Re: [lojban] Why is there so much irregularity in cmavo/gismu? In-Reply-To: <20011113195113.B1157@twcny.rr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Rob Speer wrote: > > >And why does CAhA have different grammar? It is grammatically correct to > > >say {mi pu ca'a broda} but not {mi ca'a pu broda}. > > > > Both are grammatically correct, but the second one parses > > as {mi ca'aku pu broda}. > > In jbofi'e, {mi ca'a pu broda} doesn't parse at all. Is there a Good Reason for that? Is it ambiguous? -- I hope they confuse the two and toss away the lit flare while holding the lit dynamite stick as a statue of Liberty Torch. That would make my day- for at least a 1/4 hour. -- Fernando