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Re: 'your will' as sumti



Mark E. Shoulson writes:
>This has probably been addressed, but you're being a little confused by
a
>twist in Lojban's grammar.  {le do djica} is a shorthand for {le djica
pe
>do}.  {le djica} is "the desirer, the one(s) who desire", and this is
"the
>desirer restrictively associated with you: your desirer"  (not
necessarily
>one who desires you, but that's a reasonable interpretation).

Yeah.  That was my first attempt to compose an original phrase in
lojban.  LDC's post, followed by John Cowan, pointing out chap. 8,
section 7 of the refgram showed me the error of my ways.

Rik.