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Re: [engelang] Xorban multivar bindings; "complements"

Jorge Llamb�as, On 30/08/2012 01:14:

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Mike S.<maikxlx@gmail.com>  wrote:


lake ptfake tvlake


= la sma le ptfake tvlake.
"Something, the one fathered by that, he talks to them."
"Someone talks to the one whom he is the father of."

[...]

So, unless I'm missing something, Bake is a equivalent to "Ba sma Be".
Not strictly needed, but a useful tool whenever two variables have
restrictions using different arguments in the same formula.


...and both are bound by the same type of binder.

What about when f- or b- are used instead of k-. Unless k- is put in a
separate selma'o from the others, they should have meaning too. I
can't quite see anything useful for them though.

? Bafe<formula1>  <formula2>= Ba sma Be<formula1>fe<formula2>fe

Or does -fe attach to only one of the formulas?


"Bafe bcda fgha djna'ake"
"I know that Ba bcda fgha"

... alongside my suggested

"djna'akoi Ba bcda fgha"

--And.