Received: from mail-wi0-f189.google.com ([209.85.212.189]:56989) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S2Z5S-0005Uf-6j; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:16:18 -0800 Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12sf1515715wib.16 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:16:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=Mqo0gXfC3FVsI2OI1d3DC918VCa6ad5vxC0z3+pMeqU=; b=ejaP8Tlrx9d/0fBYOsO20b5x3y1vsSle7YlxOL3OnAzvAH7o4YUJ0m2kWiwQ7k3X+s nkWYpv6j99JW0UiA4tcH/61UNzfE4yaSYt/EOc49F+tyTJH6CfozMMfqQI1FuRKbXfbw tX1xUUMKaB9OaU0c26gmOlPwxt2xqM5IsAxVA= Received: by 10.204.155.72 with SMTP id r8mr1119463bkw.26.1330481741383; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:41 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.204.42.74 with SMTP id r10ls9751055bke.6.gmail; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.143.143 with SMTP id v15mr1707716bku.8.1330481739366; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.143.143 with SMTP id v15mr1707715bku.8.1330481739337; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f45.google.com (mail-lpp01m010-f45.google.com [209.85.215.45]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ba12si23610355bkb.2.2012.02.28.18.15.39 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.45 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.45; Received: by lahe6 with SMTP id e6so3065211lah.32 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:39 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 10.152.110.6 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.152.110.6; Received: from mr.google.com ([10.152.110.6]) by 10.152.110.6 with SMTP id hw6mr18101478lab.8.1330481739025 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.110.6 with SMTP id hw6mr15101949lab.8.1330481738883; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.152.148.225 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:15:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20175076.35.1329644296130.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynlt17> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:15:38 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: questions about 'cu' From: Jonathan Jones To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: eyeonus@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.45 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=eyeonus@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec54b48d06d20ef04ba10eb29 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --bcaec54b48d06d20ef04ba10eb29 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ca and friends (PU) can only appear before a selbri, so cu isn't needed in those cases. So, yes, you can replace it. However, PU is more useful than as merely a cu replacement. For example: {mi klama ca lo bavlamdei lonu penmi lo pu pampe'o}, "I'm going to see my former girlfriend tomorrow." On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:54 PM, RexScientiarum wrote: > I am not sure I am even to a point where I want to worry about ku and > terminators just yet. > > Anyway, is it correct to replace {cu} with {ca} to show that something > is happening 'right now'? I was searching through some sentences > using lojbo jufsisku (great resource) and came across a sentence using > it so I put it in jbofi'e and looked it up in jbovlaste (more great > resources) that is how I am guessing {ca} is used from what I learned > there. I can't find anything in Lojban For Beginners or Lojban > Reference Grammar on using {ca} although I may have missed it. > > Anyway, this is the sentence I found on lojbo jufsisku: "do ca catlu > lo va tricu" which is says is supposed to translate as: "You're > looking at that tree." > > sia ki'e > > -RexScientiarum > > On Feb 20, 9:52 am, Adam Lopresto wrote: > > Just to further what others have said, and try to make it more concrete, > > you can achieve anything without {cu}, but sometimes at the expense of > > adding terminators. Your example is splendid. If we wanted to omit {cu}, > we > > could instead use > > > > .iure'e le cevni ku kurji ko > > > > (using the actual terminator for LE in place of the catch-all {cu}), or > we > > could rearrange things so we wouldn't need any separator at all. > > > > .iure'e le cevni ko kurji > > > > All of them are valid, all mean exactly the same thing, and your style is > > entirely your choice. The last form is the shortest, and matches my > > personal style. The {ku} version may be better as you're getting the hang > > of terminators. The {cu} version has the marginal benefit of explicitly > > marking the selbri, instead of relying on the listener to know that we've > > gotten to that level (I've heard people praise that, again in more > > complicated examples where it makes a difference). TMTOWTDI > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Lee Carlson > wrote: > > > My thanks. I created a farewell, based on my spiritual path's "blessed > > > be," which I render as *iure'e le cevni cu kurji ko* by which I mean > > > "with spiritual love I direct you to act in such a way that your > perception > > > of god (the divine) cares about/for you." Have I accomplished my goal? > > > > > mi'o mi'e brais > > > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Michael Turniansky < > > > mturnian...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> Yes, don't let lindar and his dialect contingent mislead you. It > DOES > > >> serve a purpose, but it can be worked around, as well. Its purpose > is to > > >> mark which word/phrase in a bridi that is the main relationship. Can > it be > > >> worked around? Yes, but as Pierre mentioned, it means properly > closing off > > >> all open structures before then. > > > > >> So, what would you use in its place? That depnds entirely on what > > >> needs terminating. If nothing needs closing, the you don't need it. > > > > >> --gejyspa > > > > >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Lee Carlson > wrote: > > > > >>> And here I was told that without cu one of my favorite statements > made > > >>> no sense at all. So what is it: does cu serve a purpose, or not? If > not, > > >>> then what would I use in it's place? > > > > >>> mi'o brais > > > > >>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Lindar > wrote: > > > > >>>> The short answer: > > >>>> It's never necessary. NEVER. > > >>>> It's a handy shortcut sometimes. > > >>>> Learn to do without it at first or your grammar will suck. > > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>> Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. > > >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit > > >>>>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban-beginners/-/CuzwB6IY5XEJ. > > > > >>>> To post to this group, send email to > lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > > > > >>> -- > > >>> The World is a magical place, waiting for our senses to grow sharper. > > > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to > lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > >> "Lojban Beginners" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > The World is a magical place, waiting for our senses to grow sharper. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Lojban Beginners" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. > > -- mu'o mi'e .aionys. .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. --bcaec54b48d06d20ef04ba10eb29 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ca and friends (PU) can only appear before a selbri, so cu isn't needed= in those cases. So, yes, you can replace it.

However, PU is more us= eful than as merely a cu replacement.

For example:
{mi klama ca l= o bavlamdei lonu penmi lo pu pampe'o}, "I'm going to see my fo= rmer girlfriend tomorrow."

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:54 PM, RexScientia= rum <amt2839@gmai= l.com> wrote:
I am not sure I am even to a point where I want to worry about ku and
terminators just yet.

Anyway, is it correct to replace {cu} with {ca} to show that something
is happening 'right now'? =A0I was searching through some sentences=
using lojbo jufsisku (great resource) and came across a sentence using
it so I put it in jbofi'e and looked it up in jbovlaste (more great
resources) that is how I am guessing {ca} is used from what I learned
there. =A0I can't find anything in Lojban For Beginners or Lojban
Reference Grammar on using {ca} although I may have missed it.

Anyway, this is the sentence I found on lojbo jufsisku: "do ca catlu lo va tricu" which is says is supposed to translate as: "You'= re
looking at that tree."

sia ki'e

-RexScientiarum

On Feb 20, 9:52=A0am, Adam Lopresto <adamlopre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to further what others have said, and try to make it more concret= e,
> you can achieve anything without {cu}, but sometimes at the expense of=
> adding terminators. Your example is splendid. If we wanted to omit {cu= }, we
> could instead use
>
> .iure'e le cevni ku kurji ko
>
> (using the actual terminator for LE in place of the catch-all {cu}), o= r we
> could rearrange things so we wouldn't need any separator at all. >
> .iure'e le cevni ko kurji
>
> All of them are valid, all mean exactly the same thing, and your style= is
> entirely your choice. The last form is the shortest, and matches my > personal style. The {ku} version may be better as you're getting t= he hang
> of terminators. The {cu} version has the marginal benefit of explicitl= y
> marking the selbri, instead of relying on the listener to know that we= 've
> gotten to that level (I've heard people praise that, again in more=
> complicated examples where it makes a difference). TMTOWTDI
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Lee Carlson = <lorddr...@gmail.com> wrot= e:
> > My thanks. I created a farewell, based on my spiritual path's= "blessed
> > be," which I render as *iure'e le cevni cu kurji k= o* by which I mean
> > "with spiritual love I direct you to act i= n such a way that your perception
> > of god (the divine) cares about/for you." Have I accomplishe= d my goal?
>
> > mi'o mi'e brais
>
> > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Michael Turniansky <
> > = mturnian...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> =A0 Yes, don't let lindar and his dialect contingent misl= ead you. =A0It DOES
> >> serve a purpose, but it can be worked around, as well. =A0Its= purpose is to
> >> mark which word/phrase in a bridi that is the main relationsh= ip. =A0Can it be
> >> worked around? =A0Yes, but as Pierre mentioned, it means prop= erly closing off
> >> all open structures before then.
>
> >> =A0 =A0So, what would you use in its place? =A0That depnds en= tirely on what
> >> needs terminating. =A0If nothing needs closing, the you don&#= 39;t need it.
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --gejyspa
>
> >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 7:21 AM, Lee = Carlson <lorddr...@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:
>
> >>> And here I was told that without cu one of my favorite st= atements made
> >>> no sense at all. So what is it: does cu serve a purpose, = or not? If not,
> >>> then what would I use in it's place?
>
> >>> mi'o brais
>
> >>> On Sun, Feb 19, 2= 012 at 3:38 AM, Lindar <linda= rtheb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>> The short answer:
> >>>> It's never necessary. NEVER.
> >>>> It's a handy shortcut sometimes.
> >>>> Learn to do without it at first or your grammar will = suck.
>
> >>>> --
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> >>>> Groups "Lojban Beginners" group.
> >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit
> >>>>https://groups.google.com/d/msg/loj= ban-beginners/-/CuzwB6IY5XEJ.
>
> >>>> To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com.=
> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
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> >>>> For more options, visit this group at
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>
> >>> --
> >>> The World is a magical place, waiting for our senses to g= row sharper.
>
> >>> =A0--
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>
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