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xod:
> On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> > Xod:
> > > On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> > >
> > > > How does {lo broda poi brode poi brodi} parse, such that it must
> > > > be turned into {lo broda poi brode zi'e poi brodi}?
> > > > --And.
> > >
> > > le broda poi brode le brodi {zi'e} poi...
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean.
> You get a problem with a poi-bridi that ends in a sumti.
>
> by. poi broda cy. poi brode
> means that brode is attached to the cy.
>
> by. poi broda cy. zi'e poi brode
> means that broda is attached to by.
>
> If we make sure poi-bridi end with selbri, then zi'e isn't needed.
Thanks, but, as Adam has noted, wouldn't a ku'o do the job:
by poi broda cy ku'o poi brode
I don't see what zi'e can do that ku'o and ge'u can't. And since
zi'e was a late addition and is its own selmaho, I am wondering if
there is some crucial parsing issue that I am overlooking that
makes zi'e necessary.
--And.