From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jan 18 13:14:21 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:14:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Cr0g9-0007Kx-3I for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:14:21 -0800 Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:14:21 -0800 To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Everyone should speak lojban? Message-ID: <20050118211421.GS11619@chain.digitalkingdom.org> References: <41E86B09.7010004@pacbell.net> <3E9364E6-66E3-11D9-B104-000D9329C984@online.fr> <41EAEF88.5090407@pacbell.net> <12d58c16050118070936032e43@mail.gmail.com> <41ED6C65.10304@pacbell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41ED6C65.10304@pacbell.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 1036 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 12:07:01PM -0800, Tasci wrote: > Adam COOPER wrote: > >On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:49:44 -0800, Tasci > > wrote: > > >Maybe you could get away with {.e'u cai ro ko tavla fo la > >lojban.} in which the attitudinal softens the bridi from a > >command to a suggestion. > > Thanks, that's just perfect! Easy on the ears and the tongue. > Although I might leave off cai, if that isn't too much of a loss > in emphasis? It's not. You could also use "sai". "cai" is pretty ridiculously intense. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/