From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jun 27 12:25:25 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:25:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I3d8h-0005a0-8f for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:25:24 -0700 Received: from 25.mail-out.ovh.net ([213.186.37.103]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1I3d8F-0005Yy-S9 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:24:59 -0700 Received: (qmail 8728 invoked by uid 503); 27 Jun 2007 19:25:07 -0000 Received: (QMFILT: 1.0); 27 Jun 2007 19:25:07 -0000 Received: from gw2.ovh.net (HELO mail14.ha.ovh.net) (213.251.189.202) by 25.mail-out.ovh.net with SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 19:25:06 -0000 Received: from b0.ovh.net (HELO queue-out) (213.186.33.50) by b0.ovh.net with SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 19:24:43 -0000 Received: from 130.26-225-89.dsl.completel.net (130.26-225-89.dsl.completel.net [89.225.26.130]) by ssl0.ovh.net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:24:43 +0200 Message-ID: <1182972283.4682b97b1df16@ssl0.ovh.net> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:24:43 +0200 From: m.kornig@sondal.net To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: I'm... My name's... References: <1189A858F8918F43BE3F9C7603C73FB4031E7E12@0456-its-exmp01.us.saic.com> In-Reply-To: <1189A858F8918F43BE3F9C7603C73FB4031E7E12@0456-its-exmp01.us.saic.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.6 X-Originating-IP: 89.225.26.130 X-Spam-Score: 0.2 X-Spam-Score-Int: 2 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 5163 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: m.kornig@sondal.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Maybe a summary is useful here. I've learned the following: "What's your name?" {ma cmene do} or {doi ma} "I'm Tim." or "My name's Tim." {zo tim cmene mi} or {mi'e tim} "Your are Jane." or "Your name is Jane." {zo djein cmene do} {doi djein} "What's his name?" or "What's her name?" (pointing at someone) {ma cmene ta} "What's my name?" {ma cmene mi} or {mi'e ma} "I'm Tim and this is Jane." (pointing at Jane) {zo tim cmene mi i zo djein cmene ti} or {mi'e tim i zo djein cmene ti} In the examples with {cmene} I stick to the default place order to keep it simple. I've also used "bare" names instead of quoted names where possible. Could an experienced Lojban speaker please check/confirm? Martin