From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed May 02 05:44:10 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 02 May 2007 05:44:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HjEBf-0007gv-8P for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 02 May 2007 05:44:04 -0700 Received: from mclmx2.mail.saic.com ([149.8.64.32] ident=[U2FsdGVkX18WPiH4qv+Zdcpfu5amV+RrW0x2A9+qWzY=]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HjEBA-0007gM-Vo for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 02 May 2007 05:43:58 -0700 Received: from 0015-its-ieg01.mail.saic.com ([149.8.64.21] [149.8.64.21]) by mclmx2.mail.saic.com id BT-MMP-1202219 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 2 May 2007 08:43:23 -0400 Received: from 0015-ITS-EXBH01.us.saic.com ([10.43.229.18]) by 0015-its-ieg01.mail.saic.com (SMSSMTP 4.0.5.66) with SMTP id M2007050208424517222 for ; Wed, 02 May 2007 08:42:45 -0400 Received: from 0456-its-exmp01.us.saic.com ([10.75.0.188]) by 0015-ITS-EXBH01.us.saic.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 2 May 2007 08:42:27 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Cogito ergo sum Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 08:42:28 -0400 Message-Id: <1189A858F8918F43BE3F9C7603C73FB4031E7CE6@0456-its-exmp01.us.saic.com> In-Reply-To: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [lojban-beginners] Re: Cogito ergo sum Thread-Index: AceMtfqkO8/pePImRmSkQtdWDgCM6gAASQhQ From: "Turniansky, Michael [UNK]" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2007 12:42:27.0942 (UTC) FILETIME=[5791B860:01C78CB7] X-Spam-Score: -2.5 X-Spam-Score-Int: -24 X-Spam-Bar: -- X-archive-position: 4445 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MICHAEL.A.TURNIANSKY@saic.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Correction to my last letter, I should have said "seni'i mi zasti" = "I am entailed, because something exists." -----Original Message----- From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Matt Arnold Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:29 AM To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Cogito ergo sum Pierre, can you explain the use of {bo} in this context? -Eppcott On 5/2/07, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Tuesday 01 May 2007 23:02, Spencer Shepard wrote: > > How would you say "I think, therefore I am" in Lojban? Looking up the > > necessary words, I came up with < > le nu mi zasti [vau] [kei] [ka] [vau]>>. Did I use these constructs > > correctly and with the right words? Is there a simpler way? I also > > tried to include *all* of the optional separators to make sure I am using > > them correctly. > > s/ka/ku/. {ka} is an abstractor, not a terminator. {ka crino} > means "greenness". > > You could also say {mi pensi .iseni'ibo mi zasti}. > > Pierre > > > >