From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Mar 01 12:09:21 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:04:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1D6DgH-0000ET-3A for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:09:21 -0800 Received: from new.e-mol.com ([65.169.135.18] helo=mole.e-mol.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.44) id 1D6DgD-0000Dz-U3 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:09:21 -0800 Received: from mail.123.net (new.e-mol.com [65.169.135.18]) by mole.e-mol.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-7.1) with SMTP id j21K8iTd007644 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:08:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 15:08:44 -0500 Message-Id: <200503012008.j21K8iTd007644@mole.e-mol.com> To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org From: Matt Arnold Subject: [lojban-beginners] how to say "learn how to swear in Lojban" In-Reply-To: References: X-Priority: 3 X-From: mattarn@mail.123.net X-Originating-IP: [209.220.229.254] Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "chain.digitalkingdom.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: I'm making a promotional poster for a Lojban event at a science fiction convention, which I would like to be a bilingual English/Lojban poster. I want to say (among other things) "learn how to swear in Lojban." I tried {ko cilre fi lo zu'o mabla sepi'o ma bau la lojban}. Is {sepi'o ma} the right way to say "how"? Do I need to close off the abstraction at the end of the sentence with {kei} to avoid saying that the learning is {sepi'o ma bau la lojban}? - epkat [...] Content analysis details: (-2.6 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] X-archive-position: 1182 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: mattarn@123.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners I'm making a promotional poster for a Lojban event at a science fiction convention, which I would like to be a bilingual English/Lojban poster. I want to say (among other things) "learn how to swear in Lojban." I tried {ko cilre fi lo zu'o mabla sepi'o ma bau la lojban}. Is {sepi'o ma} the right way to say "how"? Do I need to close off the abstraction at the end of the sentence with {kei} to avoid saying that the learning is {sepi'o ma bau la lojban}? - epkat _______________________________________________________ Sent through e-mol. E-mail, Anywhere, Anytime. http://www.e-mol.com