Subject: Re: Enemy [Was: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications

From: Rob Speer <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 21:56:24 -0400

On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 01:47:03AM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> 
> la pycyn cusku di'e
> 
> >On "We have me the enemy and they are us,"
> [...]
> >"We have met the enemy and they are ours"
> [...]
> >It won't work in Lojban with the same economy and spelling it all out
> >loses the punch.
> 
> Well, I think I'll try it anyway:
> 
> i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o moi
> 
> i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o

"... and he pertains to us."

Could you give me a simple reason why that is preferrable to {ri du mi'o}?
-- 
Rob Speer