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Wiki page BPFK Section: Subordinators changed

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On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 04:13:49PM -0500, Adam D. Lopresto wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 webmaster@lojban.org wrote:
>
> > !! Proposed Definition for ne
> >
> > ;ne (GOI):Incidental (non-restrictive) relative phrase
> > marker.
> >
> > ** The "relative" part means that it relates a clause
> > to a sumti. It attaches to a sumti to provide additional
> > information about the referents of that sumti.
>
> It attaches a phrase to a sumti, not a clause. Basically,
> overcopying (and the same for pe, po, po'e, po'u, and no'u).

Duh. Fixed.

> > ! Formal Definitions
> >
> > (AKA conversion formulas)
> >
> > || noi | sumti noi ke'a broda | sumti to ri xi rau broda
> > toi
>
> If we're putting it immediately after the sumti, can we just use
> ri instead of ri xi rau?

No, because we don't know exactly what "ri" means yet. Consider:

lo nu broda lo brode vau noi ke'a broda

Straight "ri" won't work here.

-Robin