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Re: [engelang] Xorban Development



On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
>
> To prove the need for binding, I'd have to create an example of the form:
>
> la bcda li fghi [je va jklaki vi mnpaki]
>
> Before I do in my ever more sluggish head with trying to think of an
> actual example, do you agree that this abstract example requires vV binding?
> I is "je jklaki ni/nu mnpaki" & A is "je ni/nu jklaki mnpaki".

I guess so, although I have trouble imagining any actual use for that.

la frmra le xsle je ve pnsake va drxake je msta mste
Most farmers that own donkeys beat them, while most donkeys beaten by
farmers are owned by them?

Now the challenge is to say that without having to repeat mst-

ma'a xrxe