[lojban-beginners] Re: pro-selbri ?

2009-02-27 Thread MorphemeAddict
In a message dated 27.02.2009 14:22:20 Eastern Standard Time, jjllamb...@gmail.com writes: > "mu'o" is in selma'o COI, it introduces a vocative phrase, so it is > naturally followed by the name or description of the person one is > talking to, or by mi'e plus the name or description of the speak

[lojban-beginners] Re: pro-selbri ?

2009-02-27 Thread Stela Selckiku
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:55 AM, wrote: > Why is "mu'o" not said last?  The whole community does this.  It seems to me > that as soon as "mu'o" is used, the speaker should be waiting for a > response, rather than continuing to speak, which negates the whole point of > "mu'o". Well "mu'o" has mo

[lojban-beginners] Re: pro-selbri ?

2009-02-27 Thread Jorge Llambías
On 2/27/09, morphemeadd...@wmconnect.com wrote: > > Why is "mu'o" not said last? The whole community does this. It seems to me > that as soon as "mu'o" is used, the speaker should be waiting for a > response, > rather than continuing to speak, which negates the whole point of "mu'o". "mu'o" is

[lojban-beginners] Re: pro-selbri ?

2009-02-27 Thread MorphemeAddict
In a message dated 27.02.2009 4:41:52 Eastern Standard Time, selck...@gmail.com writes: > > mu'o doi cilre be fi zo go'i za'a .e zo cei .a'o mi'e selkik > (over, O learner about "go'i", i see, and hopefully "cei", i'm selkik) > Why is "mu'o" not said last? The whole community does this. It

[lojban-beginners] Re: pro-selbri ?

2009-02-27 Thread Stela Selckiku
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:47 PM, J Y wrote: > { go'i } repeats the last bridi. Does it only refer to the whole bridi > ? Or can it refer to the selbri ? Or to the selbri tanru ? It repeats the selbri of the last bridi. But not just the selbri, yes, it takes its context in the bridi as well, fo

[lojban-beginners] Re: pro-selbri ?

2009-02-24 Thread Pierre Abbat
On Tuesday 24 February 2009 12:47:37 J Y wrote: > { go'i } repeats the last bridi. Does it only refer to the whole bridi > ? Or can it refer to the selbri ? Or to the selbri tanru ? > > e.g. You said " mi clira klama le zarci fu le karce " > and I want to say that you do come early, but not by car