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*[[And Rosta]]:
;'''[[jbocre: ja'ai|ja'ai]]''' [[jbocre: NAI|NAI]] affirm last word: attached to cmavo to affirm them; denies negation by nai whenever it is applicable
**The rationale for this is
 
***(i) to provide more than ten '''ko'a'''-series anaphors (tho presumably the ten can be extended as '''ko'a xi PA''', just as the three '''da'''-series can be thus extended),
See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/message/1167
***(ii) to provide more mnemonic variable labels than '''ko'a'''/'''ko'e'''/..., and
***(iii) to abbreviate '''ko'a goi la ab'''.
****How about ko'a'a, ko'a'e, ko'a'i, etc.?
*****And Rosta:
******That saves a syllable or two over '''ko'a xi PA''', but doesn't help with (ii-iii). Keeping track of referents of lots of '''da''''s and '''ko'a''''s is hard. More mnemonic names would help.
*******[[Jay Kominek|Jay]]:
********I don't see how a LA sumti can do what you want, or what ii and iii actually mean. Defining ko'a'V, ko'e'V, ko'i'V ko'o'V, and ko'u'V to be KOhA-series anaphora seems much more to the point and would be easier to remember. Need another variable? Tack on your favorite vowel! It could even be used to associate variables with each other.
*********mark:
**********You can always just use lerfu strings, of course. See [[lerfu pro-sumti, and why ko'a sucks]].

Latest revision as of 15:06, 24 November 2014

  • And Rosta:
    • The rationale for this is
      • (i) to provide more than ten ko'a-series anaphors (tho presumably the ten can be extended as ko'a xi PA, just as the three da-series can be thus extended),
      • (ii) to provide more mnemonic variable labels than ko'a/ko'e/..., and
      • (iii) to abbreviate ko'a goi la ab.
        • How about ko'a'a, ko'a'e, ko'a'i, etc.?
          • And Rosta:
            • That saves a syllable or two over ko'a xi PA, but doesn't help with (ii-iii). Keeping track of referents of lots of da's and ko'a's is hard. More mnemonic names would help.
              • Jay:
                • I don't see how a LA sumti can do what you want, or what ii and iii actually mean. Defining ko'a'V, ko'e'V, ko'i'V ko'o'V, and ko'u'V to be KOhA-series anaphora seems much more to the point and would be easier to remember. Need another variable? Tack on your favorite vowel! It could even be used to associate variables with each other.