Subject: Re: soi vo'a and embedded bridi

From: Nick NICHOLAS <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 06:13:26 -0700 (PDT)

Asks Pierre:

> 1. What does this mean?:
> la suzyn djuno le du'u la jan cinynei la djiotis soi vo'a

One has to be absolute about this new found rule. Therefore, Susan knows
that Zhang fancies Jyoti, and Jyoti knows that Zhang fancies Susan.

> 2. Can one say "I saw Bob hit Dave and vice versa" with "soi"?

Yes, but no longer with vo'a: mi viska lenu la bob. darxi la deiv. soi la
bob. (or: soi le nei, or: soi ra [and pray], or: soi ri xi re)

If {vo'a} is to be a long-distance reflexive only, it has to be
long-distance all the way. Whether or not Lojban Central thought through
all the consequences in 1991, we have to be adamant about this, or else
{vo'a} becomes as vague as {ra}.

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