CLL heresies: Scope of "ko"

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Heresiarch: la zipcpi


Quoth CLL 7.2:

mi viska le prenu poi prami ko = Make “I see the person that loves you” true! / Be such that the person who loves you is seen by me! / Show me the person that loves you

In other words, if ko = do ko'oi, ko'oi scopes over the entire sentence.


"However", saith the heresiarch (and thus leadeth the Lojbanists into damnation):

I'm not sure ko'oi should scope over the entire sentence. Consider that ko'oi is meant to represent one of e'a, e'e, e'i, e'o, e'u. Also consider the magic brivla koinde, which is like minde but is more general, meant to represent anything one would use ko/the imperative mood for.