From biomass@xxxxxxxx.xxxx Wed Feb 17 12:59:40 1999 X-Digest-Num: 63 Message-ID: <44114.63.238.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:59:40 +0200 From: Avital Oliver/biOmass Avital Oliver/biOmass wrote: > > > > a) What the estimate on the number of Lojban speakers worldwide? > if for some reason you care, the answer is: it's too low :) > Don't worry. I'll bring about, 200 more =) Actually, I think I can bring about 5 more. > > How would I say, "Does anyone talk?" > > [mainly, the anyone is my problem] > "xu da tavla?" means "is there anyone/anything that talks?" > if you want to limit it to just talking *people* (as the english word > "anyone" is limited) you'd use something like "xu da poi prenu cu > tavla?" which means "is there something which is a person which talks?" > What does poi do, exactly?And what comes instead of `that', as in "I talked the boy that learned"? Would it be `mi tavla le {boy} poi cirna'? > > How would I say, "Who talks to himself?" > > I'd think it's `mi tavla mi', but according to the lessons, that would > > be, "Who talks, and to whom?" > (you mean ma, not mi) If you say so... > ma tavla ri? = who talks to him/her/it/themselves? What does ri replace? I mean, if I have, "mi tavla do ri" mean `I talked to him about myself' or `I talked to him about himself'? > > [BTW: Is the book worth buying? I mean, are the lessons on lojban.org > > enough?] > the reference grammar on the site is basically the same as the book > (just a few editorial changes/corrections). only reason to buy it IMHO > is if you would find it more convenient in book form. Ahh, then I guess I wont buy it.