Received: from mail-ve0-f184.google.com ([209.85.128.184]:61568) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1U92Jp-0002zP-BE; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:46:25 -0800 Received: by mail-ve0-f184.google.com with SMTP id 14sf456551vea.21 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:46:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:date:from:to:message-id :in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version:x-original-sender :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=Pwmw9JBLZgLpYEF18A3Tu4cQPRpqwFlgILHdrAQpxRw=; b=aC3OGe604AV7MdyVAP7zNLRfUL0pld9xExEwHQWIk71FVr9yk3cQqC8lhgZYMez+Rl oAyBrNBDlkiQjQTmhk1u1mBE+2sD3G6pRoI9k4mrt6u0loEatBiiQrWvEn4cKu5InmQh 8tGq72QHCg7XAG8kb59itAvaCMD8GgaBZEC0RhTNiCddC1H/bomrLyr25pu/p7HeADXV Fo83hrX169Y5IxAJU8m0np7GKEgXtbZXHAK48W7SZDcDs8HZBYBAzjBigj3G9IogKWOb Ze5tM2kl61awriJL12jB4HbK/jhuxPNEvJaoAxrXhaM7FWmaTawlNIqxyrCrGBSkfU3t ukNA== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:x-beenthere:x-received:date:from:to:message-id :in-reply-to:references:subject:mime-version:x-original-sender :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=Pwmw9JBLZgLpYEF18A3Tu4cQPRpqwFlgILHdrAQpxRw=; b=Fe2kam3IBNCkzbdTzpM5/sda1yejBDeV/6pg9bBqux4qw67SrNznN/8JKpwbNr5on4 wRbcHVjkFgv7dnsgH6CzqvftTctKMF5pYSZE6pVr9DvYAd8NfhEn+90/lGoCOteRL2/j waI1osOjC7UWZXLpmmn/eK/NnT/wSeI6GeJYx3df23afG0Ts02N7IOjgD48/c7lr/GuD tcyD0ZqvHqekpj3WyAI1gG6j6w8eech8WWUhaw5DApfbzxLHtByn+yyQbbMO/38C2Nw3 TjWpIvuNHaHyIw8FDTFzroQnnhuoSWGa1Mbp2rSEtYNSLoyOR78PNa2m3tQL1yFZIP17 UPSg== X-Received: by 10.49.35.77 with SMTP id f13mr319745qej.4.1361576774703; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:46:14 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.49.36.138 with SMTP id q10ls456556qej.2.gmail; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:46:13 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.49.24.80 with SMTP id s16mr232877qef.35.1361576773021; Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:46:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:46:11 -0800 (PST) From: Demian Koller To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <87cb5165-ed57-4405-a455-e2bd2b8a862d@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <20130222232701.GB8739@samsa.fritz.box> References: <7ce0d7ae-e6e6-4a62-9fea-c50dc85f9af4@googlegroups.com> <20130222232701.GB8739@samsa.fritz.box> Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Terminator Elision Question. MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: d3m1ank@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="----=_Part_490_33522078.1361576771225" X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.1 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / ------=_Part_490_33522078.1361576771225 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 .ua mi ckire do On Friday, February 22, 2013 3:27:01 PM UTC-8, v4hn wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 02:52:02PM -0800, Demian Koller wrote: > > Would someone clarify something for me regarding a sentence? It comes > from > > the Lojban for Beginners book, and it's an exercise in terminator > elision: 'mi > > skicu li re boi re lo pendo' Obviously it means 'I describe the number 2 > to > > 2 friends.' Removing the 'boi' ('mi skicu li re re lo pendo'), I come up > > with the meaning 'I describe the 22 individual friends.' But the book > says > > That would be {mi skicu re re lo pendo} > > > the translation without 'boi' would be 'I describe the number 22 to a > > friend.' Does the 'li' before 're re' imply a terminator before the > 'lo'? > > Yes, the term governed by {li} takes up one sumti slot. > And {li} takes the longest following string which matches a number > expression, > which in this case is {re re}. > > > v4hn > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ------=_Part_490_33522078.1361576771225 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable .ua mi ckire do

On Friday, February 22, 2013 3:27:01 PM UTC-8, v4hn = wrote:
On Fri, Feb= 22, 2013 at 02:52:02PM -0800, Demian Koller wrote:
> Would someone clarify something for me regarding a sentence? It co= mes from=20
> the Lojban for Beginners book, and it's an exercise in terminator = elision: 'mi=20
> skicu li re boi re lo pendo' Obviously it means 'I describe the nu= mber 2 to=20
> 2 friends.' Removing the 'boi' ('mi skicu li re re lo pendo'), I c= ome up=20
> with the meaning 'I describe the 22 individual friends.' But the b= ook says=20

That would be {mi skicu re re lo pendo}

> the translation without 'boi' would be 'I describe the number 22 t= o a=20
> friend.' Does the 'li' before 're re' imply a terminator before th= e 'lo'?

Yes, the term governed by {li} takes up one sumti slot.
And {li} takes the longest following string which matches a number expr= ession,
which in this case is {re re}.


v4hn

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