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Re: le/lo
>For example, Xorxes starts his recent message by saying:
>
> i le nunsnu be la djef joi la bob
>
>That is proper use of {le} (unless, as I mentioned in my previous
>message, you want to say that our form of electronic message writing
>`really is' a discussion/talk).
i oi pe'i le do'o nunsnu ja'a ca'a nunsnu
>Indeed, you will notice that Xorxes consistently writes about things
>`described as'; he tends to expresses himself metaphorically.
i ue mi pu krici le nu mi ta'e xusra
>He speaks, for example, of people's ongoing use of {le} and {lo} as
>{le cuntu},
i na satci i mi pu pilno lu le cuntu li'u le nu sinxa le du'u makau drarai
le ka pilno zo le e zo lo ce'u
>He does not claim that the usage `really is' organized; indeed,by
>using {le}, he makes the subtle suggestion that perhaps it is not
>really organized; that the usage is not so well thought out.
i do simsa le ka na jimpe i pe'i le cuntu ja'a ca'a cuntu
i zoi gy matter, concern gy bau le glico i zoi sy asunto sy
bau le spano i mi na pu tavla fi lo te ganzu
>But he
>does not come out and make a big thing about that, but requests we
>write in Lojban. Very clever of him.
i ckire i a'o do se pluka le nu mansa mi le ka spuda bau la lojban
co'o mi'e xorxes