Subject: Re: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 02:59:26

la rob spir di'e cusku

> > Right. {me} is the only way to incorporate the definiteness of {le}
> > into the selbri.
>
>But not {du}?

No, {du} is a selbri by itself, in {du le broda}, {le broda} is
not part of the selbri, it is just another argument.

> > >{mi'o puzi penmi le bradi .ije ri du mi'o}?
> >
> > That's strictly equivalent to: {mi'o le bradi puzi penmi gi'e du}
>
>What does that mean? Doesn't there have to be something on the other side 
>of
>{du}?

No, you can put the two sumti in front: {da de du} is the same as
{da du de}.

co'o mi'e xorxes

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