Received: from mail-lpp01m010-f61.google.com ([209.85.215.61]:33914) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SUuW6-0002oA-34; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:49:02 -0700 Received: by laai10 with SMTP id i10sf1050912laa.16 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere: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=k8JGefrEGPSsLDT5BGSCb6AMyjSw0BqKFFzDh4vQXOk=; b=T6IhzQdoX4Z9tXPA1TcQ7njoFC2xhVyOmhESFgsDP7ZvopeffpAFgejzgCzd9NzzLl wqp2iqO/pi3V0G08AF71qmwlMbkOHu0AlQ/vXrPKOWpI7+GFe0RsR89qK6n1iHGpq1LP uHPoj14UopfHsIvRcu642uFkXCgw3GmF3tfJU= Received: by 10.180.93.193 with SMTP id cw1mr584256wib.3.1337237325777; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.216.196.193 with SMTP id r43ls1756667wen.7.gmail; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.14.69 with SMTP id n5mr3008678wic.4.1337237325195; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.180.14.69 with SMTP id n5mr3008677wic.4.1337237325180; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-wg0-f41.google.com (mail-wg0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ef4si9209277wib.1.2012.05.16.23.48.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of eyeonus@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.41 as permitted sender) client-ip=74.125.82.41; Received: by mail-wg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id ds1so6273294wgb.4 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.82.5 with SMTP id e5mr15177343wiy.0.1337237325082; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.199.21 with HTTP; Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <3639382.1486.1337213982012.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcpi6> <201205162355.05615.phma@phma.optus.nu> <7734dfcb-e9b8-4c85-9f19-8d04a19d1f8f@8g2000vbu.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 00:48:45 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: What can you do with Lojban that you can't do with English? 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 74.125.82.41 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=f46d04430414bdf1f004c035d3c1 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --f46d04430414bdf1f004c035d3c1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Jonathan Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:27 PM, ianek wrote: > >> >> >> On 17 Maj, 05:55, Pierre Abbat wrote: >> > On Wednesday 16 May 2012 20:19:41 Lindar wrote: >> > >> > > We have red chickens and cows. >> > > Are the cows red? >> > >> > Also, "we" =3D "I and who else?" >> > >> > mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo bakni =97 doesn't say what color the c= ows >> are. >> > mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci je bakni =97 false, as no chicken is a cow. >> >> Aionys says that it doesn't make that assertion. According to him, "we >> are a husband and a wife" is {mi'a me lo nakspe je fetspe}. So even >> such simple things like logical connectives are controversial in >> Lojban... uinai >> > > It's aionys, not Aionys, and I don't say that. {lo} is not explicit about > whether we are speaking of individuals or masses/sets, so it is possible = to > have either interpretation. There is nothing controversial about this. > > To quote the tiki page on xorlo: > > lo's inner quantifier indicates the number of things we're talking about, > but in a slightly different fashion. "mu lo bakni cu bevri lo pipno" mean= s > "Five cows each carried a piano individually". "lo mu bakni cu bevri lo > pipno" is ambiguous as to whether they did it individually or as a group. > To be clear about group-ness, use loi and friends. > Also, I feel I should point out that in {mi'a me lo nakspe je fetspe}, it is obvious that "lo nakspe je fetspe" is implicitly referring to a group because of "mi'a", and for no other reason. > > >> > mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo xunre bakni =97 the cows are red. >> > mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci ja bakni =97 they're all red, but whether >> they're all >> > chickens or all cows or a mix isn't stated. >> >> What about {mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci joi bakni}? >> >> mu'o mi'e ianek >> >> > Pierre >> > -- >> > loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group= s >> "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=3Den. >> >> > > > -- > 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 ) > > --=20 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 ) --=20 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=3Den. --f46d04430414bdf1f004c035d3c1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Jonathan Jones= <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 11:27 = PM, ianek <janek37@gmail.com> wrote:


On 17 Maj, 05:55, Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 May 2012 20:19:41 Lindar wrote:
>
> > We have red chickens and cows.
> > Are the cows red?
>
> Also, "we" =3D "I and who else?"
>
> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo bakni =97 doesn't say what col= or the cows are.
> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci je bakni =97 false, as no chicken is a c= ow.

Aionys says that it doesn't make that assertion. According to him= , "we
are a husband and a wife" is {mi'a me lo nakspe je fetspe}. So eve= n
such simple things like logical connectives are controversial in
Lojban... uinai

It's aionys, not Aionys,= and I don't say that. {lo} is not explicit about whether we are speaki= ng of individuals or masses/sets, so it is possible to have either interpre= tation. There is nothing controversial about this.

To quote the tiki page on xorlo:

lo's inner quantifier indic= ates the number of things we're talking=20 about, but in a slightly different fashion. "mu lo bakni cu bevri lo= =20 pipno" means "Five cows each carried a piano individually". = "lo mu=20 bakni cu bevri lo pipno" is ambiguous as to whether they did it=20 individually or as a group. To be clear about group-ness, use loi and=20 friends.

Also, I feel I should point o= ut that in {mi'a me lo nakspe je fetspe}, it is obvious that "lo n= akspe je fetspe" is implicitly referring to a group because of "m= i'a", and for no other reason.
=A0
=A0
> mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci .e lo xunre bakni =97 the cows are red.<= br> > mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci ja bakni =97 they're all red, but wh= ether they're all
> chickens or all cows or a mix isn't stated.

What about {mi'a ponse lo xunre jipci joi bakni}?

mu'o mi'e ianek

> Pierre
> --
> loi mintu se ckaji danlu cu jmaji

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mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e&#= 39;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 )




--
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.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.l= uk. mi patfu do zo'o
(Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. = :D )

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