From OneOfThree@gmx.net Fri Nov 22 08:47:00 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: OneOfThree@gmx.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 22 Nov 2002 16:47:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 21757 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2002 16:46:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Nov 2002 16:46:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.gmx.net) (213.165.64.20) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Nov 2002 16:46:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 29261 invoked by uid 0); 22 Nov 2002 16:46:57 -0000 Received: from b9aea.pppool.de (HELO oneof) (213.7.154.234) by mail.gmx.net (mp017-rz3) with SMTP; 22 Nov 2002 16:46:57 -0000 Message-ID: <004601c2923a$c2335e20$488607d5@oneof> To: References: <1037979939.415.22446.m12@yahoogroups.com> Subject: co-conversion Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:15:37 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 From: "Stefan \"1of3\" Koch" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=39088451 X-Yahoo-Profile: oneofthree2 la djordj cusku di'e > >When I use co-conversion of tanru within a description, do I have to > >terminate the sumti to prevent other arguments of the bridi to run into the > >description? I think they will but the gramar doesn't say so explicitly. > > If I understand correctly, you're asking about something > like {le broda co brode le brodi}. That's two separate > sumti, {le broda co brode} and {le brodi}. To make > {le brodi} an argument of {brode} you have to use {be}: > {le broda co brode be le brodi}. Yes exactly. The grammar says that co-conversion changes the structure of the bridi so that every sumti in front of the selbri is considered an argument of the tertau and every sumti after the selbri is considered an argument of the seltau. That's why I asked. mu'omi'e ctefan.