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On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:57:31AM -0500, Adam COOPER wrote:
> I understand Lojban.
> 
> {mi jimpe fi lo jbobau} - doesn't quite seem to cut it, as it
> could just as well mean that the speaker understands the ideas
> behind Lojban, how it was devised, its history, (x3 = subject)
> without necessarily understanding what's being said. So...

Well, of course it's inspecific.  So is the English.  "I understand
Lojjban" could mean any of those things too.

If what you meant is "I am able to understand most things expressed
in Lojban", that's something like "mi ka'e jimpe lo smuni so'e
selsku be bau la .lojban.".

-Robin

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