From lojban-beginners+bncCNTPpI2KGxDmvZfrBBoEFeY2yA@googlegroups.com Wed Feb 23 20:30:48 2011 Received: from mail-vx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.220.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PsSqi-0002iw-9W; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:48 -0800 Received: by vxc33 with SMTP id 33sf46954vxc.16 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:x-authority-analysis :x-cloudmark-score:x-originating-ip:from:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:x-google-group-id:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; bh=NzAm+Qn3nCxZEVgS55U5MeINHtW04HM71u1ZThddnSs=; b=FfKFZ5lcQmihCAvhFlvqD2j7/4eVPqIqbnUJGYGqtrjFJ4FX4x9YXWBY3lur+NE0gv eaTJlv62JZ8d//M2LtQIk3lWPJmmftPYXmB2UXt4E3CE7JTAhFcErupW9sEL2uQ+oKp2 5SBIWkcgM49hHtDeL3YLQ2wMDMldka8gf4ILk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:x-authority-analysis:x-cloudmark-score :x-originating-ip:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references :in-reply-to:mime-version:message-id:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:x-google-group-id:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-disposition; b=jbEOVm3WVc0QfLB59bHSrpavf6JBWad3T7R+pSIVXFqYkBRQClNfORoIxISbhAha2M POfiFspe9Xw7WzCDU8sKCQ3LwUrIIpwBUsgcYLQ2bD+b1m13e/b5jlhEPkluqFFIt4MS n14U1GidasNT5U5q7cB0XzGdzE7Ca6WvORVAo= Received: by 10.220.183.76 with SMTP id cf12mr31978vcb.6.1298521830213; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:30 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.220.89.83 with SMTP id d19ls40083vcm.5.p; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.87.20 with SMTP id u20mr156173vcl.16.1298521828936; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.87.20 with SMTP id u20mr156172vcl.16.1298521828911; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com (cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com [75.180.132.120]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id m31si1308286vcr.9.2011.02.23.20.30.28; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:30:28 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.120 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) client-ip=75.180.132.120; X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=pepdxKapwHuwCZNFD5uob2wvham6E+RljB0uXw08FdQ= c=1 sm=0 a=ReXKVNpTxJIA:10 a=wPDyFdB5xvgA:10 a=Q9fys5e9bTEA:10 a=9o99xeNKNPYSmM5t9x5+TQ==:17 a=J2YsX3JWAAAA:8 a=RVC6i8RISOMITMwY3mkA:9 a=m595QbOrmrouYHYgwt5crvIo13kA:4 a=PUjeQqilurYA:10 a=9o99xeNKNPYSmM5t9x5+TQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 75.176.118.168 Received: from [75.176.118.168] ([75.176.118.168:43314] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge03.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id B6/88-19545-3EED56D4; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:30:28 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 942315D1A for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:30:27 -0500 (EST) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] A seemingly simple sentence with layered complexity Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:30:24 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201102232330.25680.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Original-Sender: phma@phma.optus.nu X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=neutral (google.com: 75.180.132.120 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of phma@phma.optus.nu) smtp.mail=phma@phma.optus.nu X-Google-Group-Id: 94518172 Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 23 February 2011 18:41:18 Alex Rozenshteyn wrote: > A square has four equal > sides. > Next, what should I use for "equal"? li'a I need {dunli}, but should I use > it as part of a tanru or in a subordinate clause in a tanru logical > connection, or something else? "dunsi'u". They're equal to each other, not to something else. > Now for "sides", {korbi} and {mlana} seem to be the obvious choices, but > neither seems quite right. > > Any suggestions? Both seem okay, but I'd use "se" rather than "pagbu": lo kurfa cu se mlana lo vo da noi dunsi'u Or maybe "mlakoi". Pierre -- lo ponse be lo mruli po'o cu ga'ezga roda lo ka dinko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en.