Re: scope of zo

[Logical Language Group <lojbab>]

>> zo mav rafsi zo mavji
>
>What distinguishes this from
>
>  zo mavrafsi zo mavji ...
>
>or
>
>  zo ma vrafsi [supposing there is a rafsi vra]
>
>? "mavrafsi" fails tosmabru test, so change example to:
>
>  zo mla rafsi   vs.   zo mlarafsi

Since "mav" is a name in Lojban, it will be followed by a pause in spoeech.
Therefore it will not glue onto the following word.  This is why names must be followed by a pause.

"zo mla" is ungrammatical, since "mla" is not a Lojban word.  You would need
zoi delimited quotes to make it work.  "zo" in general should not be used
with rafsi.  Try lu myly.abu li'u as another alternative.

lojbab