From jcowan@reutershealth.com Wed Nov 06 12:57:11 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 6 Nov 2002 20:57:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 6529 invoked from network); 6 Nov 2002 20:57:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Nov 2002 20:57:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Nov 2002 20:57:08 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 189XEa-0007lH-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:57:08 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 189XEU-0007l0-00; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:57:02 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:57:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 189XEP-0007kl-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2002 12:56:57 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA08806; Wed, 6 Nov 2002 16:08:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200211062108.QAA08806@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:54:05 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: So, what about le and da? (was Re: Re: What the heck is this crap?) To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 15:54:05 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20021106202731.GH22843@digitalkingdom.org> from "Robin Lee Powell" at Nov 06, 2002 12:27:31 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 2463 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: John Cowan Reply-To: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > Is it derivable from that book that le broda can be converted to > something involving da? If so, what is the exact form of that > conversion? See 8.5.3 and 8.5.4, plus the default quantification of "le". -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit