From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Sat May 02 10:39:25 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Sat, 02 May 2009 10:39:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M0JBM-0005gq-Dd for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Sat, 02 May 2009 10:39:25 -0700 Received: from ol.freeshell.org ([192.94.73.20] helo=sdf.lonestar.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1M0JBH-0005g5-Pw for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Sat, 02 May 2009 10:39:24 -0700 Received: from sdf.lonestar.org (IDENT:jwodder@iceland.freeshell.org [192.94.73.5]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.14.3/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n42HdFph025390 for ; Sat, 2 May 2009 17:39:15 GMT Received: (from jwodder@localhost) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.14.3/8.12.8/Submit) id n42HdEBF014121 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Sat, 2 May 2009 17:39:14 GMT Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 17:39:14 +0000 From: Minimiscience To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: pei UI Message-ID: <20090502173913.GA2160@sdf.lonestar.org> References: <4de8c3930905020511n3bf62935v5683047f979c509d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4de8c3930905020511n3bf62935v5683047f979c509d@mail.gmail.com> Organization: SDF Public Access UNIX System User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-archive-position: 1617 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: minimiscience@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners de'i li 02 pi'e 05 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. tijlan .fy. cusku zoi skamyxatra. > How does one answer "pei.o'u" (an example from CLL 13:10)? Is this > particular "pei" supposed to be a place holder for something, like > when it's placed after UI (e.g. "o'upei", which can be answered with > "o'usai", "o'unai" etc.)? .skamyxatra "{pei}" in this case is just a basic attitudinal interrogative which can be answered with either a UI with an optional CAI or with a bare CAI that modifies an implied "{ge'e}." The interrogator's "{.o'u}" merely indicates how he feels and does not change the nature of the question. mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun. -- ko jundi mi na.e lo selsku be mi