WikiDiscuss

Posted by rlpowell on Tue 09 of Nov, 2004 02:03 GMT posts: 14214

On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 10:34:25AM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Saturday 06 November 2004 22:17, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:14:38PM -0500,
> >
> > MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> > > In a message dated 2004-11-06 9:29:38 PM Eastern Standard
> > > Time,
> > >
> > > robin via wikidiscuss@lojban.org writes:
> > > > UI and CAI cmavo mark the previous word, except for ``zo'',
> > > > ``si, ``sa, ``su, ``lo'u, ZOI, ``fa'o, ``zei,
> > > > BAhE cmavo, and ``bu''.
> > >
> > > Looks like "uibu" is okay, but not "bu.ui".
> >
> > Well, yes. My question was, why?
>
> {bu.ui} at the beginning of a sentence is invalid because {bu} has
> nothing to grab. {.abu.ui} is valid, according to jbofi'e.

Well, yes, but the Red Book says that .ui can't modify bu *in*

• general*. This implies to me that "broda bu .ui" is invalid.

-Robin