Return-path: X-Spam-Personal-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Envelope-to: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Delivery-date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:41:16 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MzYoO-0003AA-Kf; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:40:59 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list jbovlaste); Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:40:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MzYnp-00039g-Ub for jbovlaste-real@lojban.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:40:18 -0700 Received: from mail-yw0-f204.google.com ([209.85.211.204]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MzYnl-00037b-4Z for jbovlaste@lojban.org; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:40:17 -0700 Received: by ywh42 with SMTP id 42so3469582ywh.28 for ; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:40:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=I5r32F2cJ2ow5sgbEUdWCbe1siwMk4eHJjk0WQna2gk=; b=H5NhHDTfV/G8HbYav0ee1QTB/CMbI23Td0iS/8KAzQFeATxmIk3UwmvAM6zKS1JG8a 4e6JDOsGJDJhCUSZOVECcbpmapexRhk9T829zH8pbtQeKgBSQCg/gaYP97fmJNxrTTRn wqsF4QFlbIpSo4eWXp9ixj0Yu9bD5d2gNLtP8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=YgD5Cp94VNZjx179kjjC4WiURqsk9Q08CAee3xcIDYcFJcBhq61rp5PFtA6/IAHHfe SY4Od+iY63cvoAaMla+1kWi7IA4YPtBKrSA2AUBf+vJ8MWh/u1ObgNk1S+S4DmTfmN7p yQdfNH2BaUdQZk2xlu6pQ2MSut+hqk2aXYHhg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.159.16 with SMTP id h16mr3655763age.24.1255884004670; Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:40:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:40:04 -0200 Message-ID: <925d17560910180940u60722c34m7f36f7ade0b60dd7@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: What would happen if xu and ko were put together? From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: jbovlaste@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: jbovlaste-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: jbovlaste@lojban.org X-list: jbovlaste Content-Length: 573 Lines: 16 On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:26 PM, wrote: > > I wonder if any of this 'command+question' issue would have arisen if the > creators of Lojban had simply chosen an imperative marker, maybe in UI, > rather than an imperative pronoun. You can still wonder what "e'o do klama ma" means. "Where do I suggest you go?" or "Where do you go? I suggest you go there." So I don't think it's just because of "ko", although I do think "ko" can always be replaced by "do"plus an imperative marker ("e'a", "e'e", "e'i", "e'o" or "e'u"). mu'o mi'e xorxes