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Re: tutorial question
- To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>, Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
- Subject: Re: tutorial question
- From: CJ FINE <cbmvax!uunet!BRADFORD.AC.UK!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!C.J.Fine>
- In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "F. Schulz" at Dec 18, 91 10:19 am
- Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!bradford.ac.uk!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!C.J.Fine
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!LOJBAN>
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> In
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> Diagrammed Summary of Lojban Grammar Forms with Example Sentences
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> the following appears:
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> "po'u" identifies a sumti by giving another IDENTITY in the form of
> another sumti that could equivalently replace the original:
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> la djan. po'u le ctuca [ku] [ge'u] [cu] klama [vau]
> -------- < ------------- | =====
> John, the teacher, comes.
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> It appears to me that the cu in front of klama is not optional.
> Or do I not understand what [ ] means?
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> Frank Schulz ( fschulz@pyramid.com )
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At least one of the three optional cmavo is required, but any of them
will do, so in a sense 'cu' is optional. However, the textbook suggests
that given a choice of which to keep, you keep 'cu', which seems a good
idea to me.
Kolin