Subject: Re: [lojban] Correct terminator(s)?

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:44:40 -0400 (EDT)

elder_newton scripsit:

> mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta ku ku do
> .i mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta kei do
> .i mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta kei ku do
> .i mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta ku kei do
> 
> I presume they can't all be correct -- or can they? If they are, is 
> there a difference? Which would be the preferred way? If none is 
> correct, what would be the correct way to say it?

All are correct, and are the result of selective omission from the
fully general form

mi skicu le nu mi tcidu le cukta ku kei ku do

Every "le" always has its "ku" explicit or implicit, and every "nu" its "kei".
Of these three delimiters, a single "ku" is not enough, for that only
closes "le cukta"; but anything involving "kei" or two "ku"s is strong
enough to close the "nu".

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