Re: rafsi for "jai" should be "jax-"

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

>> > How does it work? Does {jai bai broda} turn into {jaxybaibroda}?
>> I suppose, although Nick/lojbab mostly seemed to want it for
>> "jai broda", qua substitute for "broda gasnu".
>
>Is {jai broda} grammatical? Doesn't it have to be followed by a BAI?

yes.  no.

>And shouldn't the substitute for {broda gasnu} ne {jai zei gau zei broda}?

Yes.  {da jai broda} means {tu'a da broda}.  Assuming {jai broda} will mean
{broda gasnu} or {jai gau broda} is probably malrarna, but maybe true in
practice.
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