2009/4/11 Jorge Llambías <[email protected]>: > On 4/11/09, tijlan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Can "to li'o toi" be part of (within) "sei li'o se'u"? That is: "sei >> li'o to li'o toi se'u". > > The grammar of SEI phrases is: > > SEI [terms [CU]] selbri /SEhU/ > > The selbri is not optional, there has to be a selbri within "sei ... [se'u]" > > "to li'o toi" is grammatical, any valid text can go within "to ... > toi", including the null text, and it can go almost anywhere, so for > example "sei cusku to li'o toi se'u" is grammatical. > > mu'o mi'e xorxes
ki'e So, I guess "lo broda to be da bei de toi cu brode" is grammatical too? And is this "toi" elidable: "lo broda to be da bei de cu brode"? mu'o mi'e tijlan
