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Posted by rlpowell on Tue 29 of Mar, 2005 19:00 GMT posts: 14214

On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 10:26:56AM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:52:49 -0800, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > > derived from {lo jbama cu se catni fi lo nu lo jenmi cu jibri
> > > mi}.
> >
> > Again, I think this translation is pointless, and it disagrees
> > with both the ma'oste and usage.
>
> The point is to have some rule.

The rule is that the bridi gets an extra place, with a meaning
determined by the place structure of the underlying gismu of the
BAI. This is totally different than a transformation involving and
urderlying clasue. IMO (and I admit this may be a reversal from my
earlier opinions), fi'o and BAI are irreducible.

-Robin