From steve203@msu.edu Tue Feb 24 18:12:58 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:44:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from sys28.mail.msu.edu ([35.9.75.128]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AvoXh-0001ss-Sx for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 18:12:57 -0800 Received: from pm672-25.dialip.mich.net ([35.12.17.77]) by sys28.mail.msu.edu with asmtp (Exim 4.24 #37) (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) id 1AvoXg-0003D1-Be for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:12:56 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v612) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <1D80FC99-6738-11D8-A489-000A95701014@msu.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jon Stevenson Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: precise definition of cmene Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 21:12:51 -0500 To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Virus: None found by Clam AV X-archive-position: 517 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: steve203@msu.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners coi rodo How about: la dinas. cu mixre gerku ? mu'o mi'e djan. > OK, thanks, making more sense now . . . but "Labrador Retriever," for > example, is a breed. Could I then say "la labrydor.rytrivyr." although > that is not a Latin classification? Or is that considered too vague > since > it isn't biologically defined? > > How *would* I say that Deena is a mutt? Could I say > > la dinas. gerku le mixre > > Could I even say > > la dinas. mixre la labrydor.rytrivyr. > > if I wanted to specify that she is a Lab mix? > > We like our dog, and talk about her a lot. .a'i > > -- > Melissa H. > Dogmom to Deena the wonder dog > Mother to Nicholas, born 11/24/2002 > > > >