From lojban-beginners+bncCJ2UzZHuDRDfosXvBBoE_qIhOA@googlegroups.com Thu Jun 09 16:04:09 2011 Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QUoGl-0004pO-Ne; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:04:09 -0700 Received: by qyk36 with SMTP id 36sf2697082qyk.16 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:04:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :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-type; bh=j4GpnbYQdg2DQXo7s0OFvGQL79d8Em8s6o4NgEGgLpc=; b=z8zgKmykG3T9NveXILpubKzvod0JNQTiXiBEBVfCUXbw/oMbqYh3TEDLtuafDDFJx6 dE0vjzvxU1Zz2uCIk3YaYroPewIHP/Q1GYHRtAxlEw9Ti2vOJegtJU28hyQ9fNC++5xo qR/0WCMOYFUg9OW2GeIX8HDCyaHEElt3YSvJw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to: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-type; b=upN+9Xbdu656PzRsfKOIPwrGZIFZvc7Tw+GHFVqJuxjpRYD1zVKil2QZAx3Qn9EeJb CPObtgYptXWrwFHMz19oBT2tU7McdQAuQ8RU9rVWbrZ7HaamX7EaGTR/06G9/wd/U3Y/ FgFgNdf/wL5SccJQjI3DaR8LzHqWq770mF4s4= Received: by 10.224.178.76 with SMTP id bl12mr162135qab.29.1307660639232; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:59 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.187.145 with SMTP id cw17ls230327qab.2.gmail; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.17.211 with SMTP id t19mr556478qaa.16.1307660638558; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.17.211 with SMTP id t19mr556477qaa.16.1307660638520; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vx0-f179.google.com ([209.85.220.179]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k34si1791867qcj.3.2011.06.09.16.03.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.179 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.179; Received: by mail-vx0-f179.google.com with SMTP id 40so2183389vxi.24 for ; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.114.104 with SMTP id jf8mr1887140vdb.193.1307660638238; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.183.129 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:03:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <86c95876-7288-4de3-bab5-461a0c550910@h7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> References: <86c95876-7288-4de3-bab5-461a0c550910@h7g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:03:58 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] Glass half full From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of jjllambias@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.179 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=jjllambias@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com 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-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:18 PM, ianek wrote: > I wondered how to say "a glass half full" in Lojban. I came up with > {lo kabri be lo kabrylai be li pimu}, I'm not sure if it's right. Of > course it could be some tanru like {xadba culno kabri}, though it > sound not quite right and is as ambiguous as all tanru. > So now I wonder how to say "a glass half empty" avoiding tanru > ambiguity? I suggest: lo kabri poi klani li pi mu lo ka culno lo kabri poi klani li pi mu lo ka kunti mu'o mi'e xorxes -- 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.