From lojban-beginners+bncCM64ir3sAxCKlObtBBoEtFfEGw@googlegroups.com Thu Apr 28 08:39:06 2011 Received: from mail-wy0-f189.google.com ([74.125.82.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QFTIz-00089R-5H; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:39:06 -0700 Received: by wya21 with SMTP id 21sf4487253wya.16 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:38:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:x-mimeole:mime-version :subject:date:message-id:x-ms-has-attach:x-ms-tnef-correlator :thread-topic:thread-index:from:to:x-scanned-by:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-class:content-type; bh=2KKkVMWEO6ZqPCGUPpMIiojcN1DsjofhWbD8nN5iyfI=; b=4LsRmdset7Or4t9vCsbM0DLD8gwXW8R3VEZFExWQzOc+zhXhCU8cyrU0raJURAqwyA tmHvjC+i9PbtwQUF8OtJMdSCgIpU/esYK7j6Z1LUh6+SRxIeP9c7bMbd/teF3utXeryt X0U5ZnGfQ3Gxk+tvPpGxKiUTDZgInphdBAnjM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:x-mimeole:mime-version:subject:date :message-id:x-ms-has-attach:x-ms-tnef-correlator:thread-topic :thread-index:from:to:x-scanned-by:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-class:content-type; b=twAhJA/fDThqftj3sYaARge4/EeroRo/fEDVdaPDZRlLao67Z2wSYVxCm2yQlPhL9E pvpqOBM+MJm+1NxP5vjJq2KhSXaho0NmwGyvK8zTtW7BeGLHnsZt5lvJ07Q1PCvLNsx5 baDNEx6FiJ79FKbVvVLEej4pws+dLITwT88Eg= Received: by 10.216.143.88 with SMTP id k66mr2300656wej.8.1304005130473; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:38:50 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.216.49.69 with SMTP id w47ls738201web.2.gmail; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.28.204 with SMTP id g54mr246482wea.3.1304005128359; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.28.204 with SMTP id g54mr246481wea.3.1304005128331; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cluster-f.mailcontrol.com (cluster-f.mailcontrol.com [85.115.62.190]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h6si294804wes.11.2011.04.28.08.38.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk designates 85.115.62.190 as permitted sender) client-ip=85.115.62.190; Received: from aeacus.blackpool.gov.uk (aeacus.blackpool.gov.uk [195.188.21.21]) by rly05f.srv.mailcontrol.com (MailControl) with ESMTP id p3SFcbpP012835 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:38:41 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: [lojban-beginners] Why is CAhA a tense/modal? Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:38:30 +0100 Message-ID: <9DE5DB0988ED6C448E606734F5030D38268596AF@bbcmbmx01.blackpool.gov.uk> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [lojban-beginners] Why is CAhA a tense/modal? Thread-Index: AcwFuT/lWQKuMQnVQNeTsO9uZRwgvAAACLRA From: "Michael Eaton" To: X-Scanned-By: MailControl A_10_80_00 (www.mailcontrol.com) on 10.70.0.115 X-Original-Sender: michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk designates 85.115.62.190 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=michael.eaton@blackpool.gov.uk Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01CC05BA.53265970" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01CC05BA.53265970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable So what happens if YOU address ME? Do YOU beome I, while I become YOU? Even= if written from MY perspective? Consider the context of an autobiography: = if somebody addresses the biographer, I is no longer the speaker (despite t= he fact that you are reading their presentation) as they are the person bei= ng addressed, and therefore the listener. At least from one standpoint, any= way. =20 Also, you wouldn't want to introduce problems with sentences such as "You s= aid it to me earlier". I and YOU surely cannot be always considered to be i= n a fixed role of speaker and listener. -----Original Message----- From: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com [mailto:lojban-beginners@googlegrou= ps.com]On Behalf Of Jonathan Jones Sent: 28 April 2011 16:31 To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Why is CAhA a tense/modal? On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:45 AM, MorphemeAddict < lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Jonathan Jones < eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 2:28 PM, MorphemeAddict < lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote: It's easier to keep I and YOU than forever distinguish between I as speaker= and YOU as listener. Except that I /is/ /always/ the person speaking, and you /is/ /always/ the = person listening.=20 But the person speaking isn't always I (he is to himself, but that's why we= need I), nor is the person listening always YOU.=20 =20 stevo Yes, I am, and yes, you are, because the person "I" refers to is /ALWAYS/ t= he person saying it, and the person "you" refers to is /ALWAYS/ the person = "I" is addressing. --=20 mu'o mi'e .aionys. .i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D ) --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. 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So what happens if YOU address ME? Do YOU beome I, while I = become=20 YOU? Even if written from MY perspective? Consider the context of an=20 autobiography: if somebody addresses the biographer, I is no longer the spe= aker=20 (despite the fact that you are reading their presentation) as they are the= =20 person being addressed, and therefore the listener. At least from one=20 standpoint, anyway.
 
Also, you wouldn't want to introduce problems with sentence= s such=20 as "You said it to me earlier". I and YOU surely cannot be always considere= d to=20 be in a fixed role of speaker and listener.
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On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:45 AM, MorphemeAddict= =20 <lytlesw@gmail.com>=20 wrote:


On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Jonathan Jones=20 <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 2:28 PM, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
It's easier to keep I and YOU than forever distinguish between= I as=20 speaker and YOU as listener.

Except that I /is/ /always/ the person speaking, and you /is= /=20 /always/ the person listening.

But the person speaking isn't always I (he is to himself, but that= 's=20 why we need I), nor is the person listening always YOU.
 
stevo

Yes, I am, and yes, you ar= e,=20 because the person "I" refers to is /ALWAYS/ the person saying it, and th= e=20 person "you" refers to is /ALWAYS/ the person "I" is addressing.
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mu'o mi'e .aionys.

.i.e'ucai ko cmima lo pi= lno be=20 denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do zo'o
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