Received: from mail-pa0-f61.google.com ([209.85.220.61]:40090) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1TfBnx-0003M1-SC; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:50:15 -0800 Received: by mail-pa0-f61.google.com with SMTP id bg2sf1939230pad.16 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:50:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject: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=hCWGGvwvHrcOCNBCIwbIsR767ijaYJK+Mm6qUXj+PyQ=; b=WH059WBYeoy73aMJKKaqkgDBUkXagXRP+2WQWKenkw5hSVFCY7mRh+4VGyySRIJsX4 kundO7yAo3K4gn7L+piXFhiqfoaHiWOF/k0IqqGa9RBUiqXeYAOvkSgze2zNFof6rlo2 17oTeF22uHvJ8YMq7QkerV1R4zBQUl1OKiHt6n5bS8outMJP0nvVZz+/UmCbX7NYbdlJ hUZFFBsCqXgDbRtaphdRjOERwmxJ5Qp/IFsZ8awR0z9xF++/Ye76uspv2GqfkRAm9Hcf u0CbPqUVap+76hEf7m1CLTa2Ywzlg6mY0T3DfSNHJNs9pofezxFhthjI0UXqyo0KY3G7 oG4Q== Received: by 10.49.127.198 with SMTP id ni6mr1675877qeb.23.1354463398886; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.49.116.139 with SMTP id jw11ls1418260qeb.37.gmail; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.255.136 with SMTP id aq8mr2504443ved.29.1354463398527; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.58.255.136 with SMTP id aq8mr2504442ved.29.1354463398501; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-vc0-f174.google.com (mail-vc0-f174.google.com [209.85.220.174]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dj17si3206199vdb.1.2012.12.02.07.49.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of nictytan@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.174 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.174; Received: by mail-vc0-f174.google.com with SMTP id d16so1291752vcd.5 for ; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.52.175.167 with SMTP id cb7mr5537279vdc.58.1354463398360; Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:49:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.65.233 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 07:49:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <3AD9ACF2-9875-4BC8-86C1-65D29ADB8226@asb.gaggle.net> <32445653-87F5-45CD-8644-AC150EC68E8F@asb.gaggle.net> From: Jacob Errington Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 10:49:38 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Possessives To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: nictytan@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of nictytan@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.174 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=nictytan@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=bcaec5159125b8773604cfe09590 X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / --bcaec5159125b8773604cfe09590 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I'm joking far more than I'm serious in saying this, but considering that {lo djine} is a constant, wouldn't {la .djan. e la .djim. dunda lo djine la .meris.} mean that they each gave her *the same* ring :P ? .i mi'e la tsani mu'o On 2 December 2012 10:07, Michael Turniansky wrote: > Normally, you would use a connective, like "la djan .e la djim dunda lo > djine la meris" (John and Jim gave a ring to Mary, which would mean they > each gave her a ring) or "a djan jo'u la djim dunda lo djine la meris" > (John along with Jim gave a ring to Mary). In these cases, the x1 is the > whole connected give "John and Jim", "John along with Jim") > > --gejyspa > > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Annie wrote: > >> What if, for example, two people gave one thing !one or more people? >> Wouldn't that be more than one x1 and, mazbe more than one x3? >> >> Sent from my iPod >> >> On Nov 27, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Remo Dentato wrote: >> >> By definition, any selbri has one, and only one, "x1". >> >> "x1" is the conventional name we use to indicate the first sumti place, >> "x2" is the second sumti place and so on. >> >> It's not a strict rule, you can use othe means to indicate the sumti >> places of a selbri. Still there can only be one first place, one second >> place etc. >> >> remod >> >> >> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Annie wrote: >> >>> what do you d if a word has, for example, more than one x1 or whatever? >>> >>> Sent from my iPod >>> >>> On Nov 27, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Remo Dentato wrote: >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Annie wrote: >>> >>>> How can pronouns be so complicated that you have to have a whole >>>> chapter on them? >>>> >>>> >>> It only seems complicated because you are thinking about them in terms >>> of pronouns. >>> In lojban there are no "nouns" and, hence, no "pronouns". >>> Once you get the basic concepts of sumti and selbri, it will be easier. >>> Exactly as {lo plise ku} is a sumti the refers to "an apple", {mi} is a >>> sumti that refers to the current speaker, {ko'a} is a sumti that refers to >>> whatever I had assigned to it, {ti} refers to something that is close to me >>> and I'm pointing at and so on. >>> This is what we intended when we said that it is better not to try to >>> make direct comparisons between Lojban and English (or any other language). >>> It may be useful at the beginning but should not be talen too far. >>> >>> remod >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *** This Email was sent by a student at School for the Blind. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *** This Email was sent by a student at School for the Blind. >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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. --bcaec5159125b8773604cfe09590 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm joking far more than I'm serious in saying this, but considerin= g that {lo djine} is a constant, wouldn't {la .djan. e la .djim. dunda = lo djine la .meris.} mean that they each gave her *the same* ring :P ?

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o

On 2 December 2012 10:07, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.co= m> wrote:
=A0 Normally, you would use= a connective, like =A0"la djan .e la djim dunda lo djine la meris&quo= t; (John and Jim gave a ring to Mary, which would mean they each gave her a= ring) or "a djan jo'u la djim dunda lo djine la meris" (John= along with Jim gave a ring to Mary). =A0In these cases, the x1 is the whol= e connected give "John and Jim", "John along with Jim")=
=A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 --gejyspa

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Annie <park.annie@asb.gaggle.net> wrote:
What if, for example,= two people gave one thing !one or more people? Wouldn't that be more t= han one x1 and, mazbe more than one x3?

Sent from my iPod

On Nov 27, 2012, at 1:50 PM, = Remo Dentato <rd= entato@gmail.com> wrote:

By definition, any selbri has one, and only one, "x1".
= =A0
"x1" is the conventional name we use to indicate the first= sumti place, "x2" is the second sumti place and so on.

It's not a strict rule, you can use othe means to indicate the sumti pl= aces of a selbri. Still there can only be one first place, one second place= etc.

remod


On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, A= nnie wrote:
what = do you d if a word has, for example, more than one x1 or whatever?

Sent from my iPod

On Nov 27, 2012, at 12:55 AM, Remo Dent= ato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Annie wrote:=
How can pronouns = be so complicated that you have to have a whole chapter on them?

=A0
It only seems complicated= because you are thinking about them in terms of pronouns.=A0
In = lojban there are no "nouns" and, hence, no "pronouns".<= /div> Once you get the basic concepts of sumti and selbri, it will be easier.
Exactly as {lo plise ku} is a sumti the refers to "an appl= e", {mi} is a sumti that refers to the current speaker, {ko'a} is = a sumti that refers to whatever I had assigned to it, {ti} refers to someth= ing that is close to me and I'm pointing at =A0and so on.
This is what we intended when we said that it is better not to try to = make direct comparisons between Lojban and English (or any other language).= It may be useful at the beginning but should not be talen too far.

remod

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