ti noi karce cu memimoi - Lojban example sentence

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Zifre February 28, 2011 February 28, 2011 at 12:56:55 AM UTC

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How does "memimoi" work? I've never found a good explanation for this.

remod February 28, 2011 February 28, 2011 at 11:46:42 PM UTC

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Well, this is how I understand it. The Lojban grammar contains a rule that says that (ME <sumti> MEhO MOI) is a tanru. I consider {me mi} as the seltau and {moi} as the tertau.

Since {moi} as the place structure "x1 is nth among x2" , {memimoi} should have the place structure "x1 is the me-ish nth among x2". The first "me-ish" I can think of is possession and hence, {memimoi} means that "x1 is my nth (thing) among x2".

... Not sure if I have just messed up things more :)

Zifre February 28, 2011 February 28, 2011 at 11:56:47 PM UTC

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Okay, thanks. :-)

I was mainly confused because I've seen tijlan use it without "me" (which doesn't even parse), which was causing me to think that "mi" was working like a number...