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Re: names as predicates
- To: lojban-list
- Subject: Re: names as predicates
- From: cowan (John Cowan)
- Date: Fri, 14 Jun 91 10:28:58 EDT
- In-Reply-To: <9106131824.AA21917@strident.think.com>; from "Guy Steele" at Jun 13, 91 2:24 pm
la glis. cusku di'e:
> Right. So if I can say mi du la glis. then why can't I say mi la glis. ?
Because it's ungrammatical. Lojban is a language, not just a notation
scheme, and "la" introduces a sumti. However, you can say "mi me la glis."
Elegance bows to convenience; most of the time, you want to use a name
as a sumti, not as a predicate.
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