Subject: Re: [lojban] LOI PRENU GO PA MEI GI KA'E NAI TE JINGA?

From: John Cowan <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 11:46:11 -0400 (EDT)

And Rosta scripsit:

> How about {loi prenu go pa mei gi ka'e nai te jinga}
> that sounds pretty coolass to me -- something John might consent to chant.

Indeed I would. Alas, "gi nai" are about as united as any two cmavo can
possibly be, and "ka'e" can't intervene. A UI can intervene,
but the result is that the "nai" binds to the UI.

I think the best we can do is "loi prenu. go pamei. giNAI ka'E te jinga."

> But it won't work if GA can occur tanru internally, which it probably can.

No, that's why GUhA exists -- to eliminate the ambiguity.

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