What would happen if xu and ko were put together? (Now in the right list!)
I'm quite the newbie (comparatively speaking), but it seems to me like if
something is grammatical in lojban, it should also be "valid". Perhaps
confusing as hell to interpret, but it should be legitimate.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 3:21 AM, John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org> wrote:
> Lindar Greenwood scripsit:
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> > I'm not saying that either is dominant, and I'm actually fiercely stating
> > the opposite. Both are equally dominant in the sentence, and should be
> > read at the same time because the order in which they are read is
> > irrelevant. It's not "Tell me where you are going." it's "Go. Where?"
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> Okay, that eliminates the priority question: "ko klama ma" is simply
> "ko klama zo'e .ije do klama ma". So that's a *third* possible
> interpretation. Lojban is supposed to be the language where you may not
> know what someone meant, but you always know what they said. But with
> sentences like this, I have no clue what they said. Recapping:
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> "Where are you going? Go there." (no dominance)
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> "Tell me where you are going and go there." (command dominates)
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> "Where are you going, and are you obeying my order to go there."
> (question dominates)
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> It's the old, old story. Droid meets droid. Droid becomes chameleon.
> Droid loses chameleon, chameleon becomes blob, droid gets blob back
> again. It's a classic tale. --Kryten, Red Dwarf
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