From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Jan 23 16:34:09 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:51:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1F1C8P-0006Zd-P0 for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:34:09 -0800 Received: from smtp.mail.umich.edu ([141.211.14.81] helo=hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1F1C8K-0006ZR-Hf for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:34:09 -0800 Received: FROM galaxian.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (galaxian.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.217]) BY hackers.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 43D575F7.B04C0.360 ; 23 Jan 2006 19:33:59 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:33:59 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Joseph Martini X-X-Sender: alexjm@galaxian.gpcc.itd.umich.edu To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: pamoi le'i dotco prenu poi ... In-Reply-To: <925d17560601231021x704fa432sffdcad518fa93f6f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4c4e58c10601230530m32e0e983n89c540292d4a7057@mail.gmail.com> <20060123140904.91972.qmail@web51509.mail.yahoo.com> <12d58c160601230746i5e329fa4g5344661615d4ff34@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560601231021x704fa432sffdcad518fa93f6f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 3002 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: alexjm@umich.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Could someone explain what the {ce'u ca ma kau} means? I got as far as something about lambda variables and a rhetorical question in CLL and the Lojban For Beginners pages, but I'm no less confused. mu'o mi'e .alex. >> [ clip ] > > But is it possible to meet a set? > > I would prefer something like: > {do pa moi lo dotco prenu lo ka mi penmi ce'u ca ma kau} > > It seems to me that neither an event {lo nu mi penmi} nor a > clock time {lo tcika be lo nu mi penmi} can be said to be rules. > > mu'o mi'e xorxes >