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Re: A clause within a clause within a clause

Thank you Rick Morneau:

--- In Latejami@yahoogroups.com, Rick Morneau <ram@...> wrote:
>
> FaqSphinx@... wrote:
> >
> > I seem to remember RAM outlining how, within an interlingua, to 
put a 
> > subordinate clause within a subordinate clause within a 
subordinate 
> > clause.
> >
> Check out http://www.eskimo.com/~ram/lexical_semantics.html and
> http://www.eskimo.com/~ram/syntax.html and search for the string
> "embed".  The full expression is "embedded clause".
> 
> 
> >
> > Dasu cakopa bavi zogisiva
> >
> 
> 'I want to stay put.'  The translator ignores the rest "kutezugi
> kuntesye facula kintomay kutehi" because "kutezugi" is a noun, and 
a
> noun cannot start a sentence.  By the way, "kutehi" is not a valid
> anaphor.  You should use "kuhi".
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rick Morneau
> http://www.eskimo.com/~ram
>