If I ask: do ponse lo ractu ji lo smani .iYou can just respond: ".e", "na.e", ".enai", or "na.enai".But if I ask: do ponse lo ractu ji lo gerku ji lo smani .iHow may you respond?What about more complex questions of this type?
If I ask: do ponse lo ractu ji lo smani .i
You can just respond: ".e", "na.e", ".enai", or "na.enai".
But if I ask: do ponse lo ractu ji lo gerku ji lo smani .i
How may you respond?
What about more complex questions of this type?
You may respond: .e .i .e.e .i .enai.enai .i .ena.e .i .e.enai .i .enaina.e .i .enaina.enai .i .ena.enai .i .enaibut it's probably more clear to spell it out:lo ractu (na).e(nai) lo gerku .e(nai) lo smani
You may respond:
.e .i .e.e .i .enai.enai .i .ena.e .i .e.enai .i .enaina.e .i .enaina.enai .i .ena.enai .i .enai
but it's probably more clear to spell it out:
lo ractu (na).e(nai) lo gerku .e(nai) lo smani
>>362 What about [lo ractu (na).e lo gerku (na).e(nai) lo smani]?By the way, how does one say al of those optional-type of words that are in parenthesis? Is it just a system used in English and should not be used in Lojban, or is there a way? I think that it would be really annoying having to spell out every option.
>>362
What about [lo ractu (na).e lo gerku (na).e(nai) lo smani]?
By the way, how does one say al of those optional-type of words that are in parenthesis? Is it just a system used in English and should not be used in Lojban, or is there a way? I think that it would be really annoying having to spell out every option.
>>365 That's grammatical too, but because of the left grouping it doesn't really give a full answer like the others:(lo ractu .e lo gerku) na.e lo smani= (lo ractu na.anai lo gerku) .e lo smaniSo you are not really saying whether you have a dog or not, for example.
>>365
That's grammatical too, but because of the left grouping it doesn't really give a full answer like the others:
(lo ractu .e lo gerku) na.e lo smani= (lo ractu na.anai lo gerku) .e lo smani
So you are not really saying whether you have a dog or not, for example.
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