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In social situations where I want to find this out I'll usually just say "so
how do you know chris?".

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:17 PM, fagricipni <lojban707@fagricipni.com>wrote:

> To the one who thought English is the best thing in the world:
> Can you give me a dynamic equivalent translation in to English
> of a question that I often want to ask (though with different
> first sumti) to English-speakers?
>
> pau la kres. mo do
>
> If I ask "Who is Chris?", I get an identity when what I am
> asking for is a relationship; ie, friend, friend's child,
> child's friend, friend of friend (note that "child" here is to
> be interpreted as immediate descendant, not any non-adult).
> However, asking the question "How is Chris related to you?", I
> get the answer "He is not" because I am being mis-interpreted
> as asking about a _familial_ relationship.
>
> So you got any bright ideas for that?; this is most decidedly a
> case where the ambiguity of English is something I want to
> _avoid_.
>
> BTW, I am open to suggestions from anyone regarding the problem
> I have discussed; I am just particularly being pointedly
> critical of the poster I referred to in the first sentence.
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In social situations where I want to find this out I&#39;ll usually just sa=
y &quot;so how do you know chris?&quot;.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:17 PM, fagricipni <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:lojban707@fagricipni.com">lojban707@fagricipni.com</a>&gt;</span=
> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">To the one who thought English is the best =
thing in the world:<br>
Can you give me a dynamic equivalent translation in to English<br>
of a question that I often want to ask (though with different<br>
first sumti) to English-speakers?<br>
<br>
pau la kres. mo do<br>
<br>
If I ask &quot;Who is Chris?&quot;, I get an identity when what I am<br>
asking for is a relationship; ie, friend, friend&#39;s child,<br>
child&#39;s friend, friend of friend (note that &quot;child&quot; here is t=
o<br>
be interpreted as immediate descendant, not any non-adult).<br>
However, asking the question &quot;How is Chris related to you?&quot;, I<br=
>
get the answer &quot;He is not&quot; because I am being mis-interpreted<br>
as asking about a _familial_ relationship.<br>
<br>
So you got any bright ideas for that?; this is most decidedly a<br>
case where the ambiguity of English is something I want to<br>
_avoid_.<br>
<br>
BTW, I am open to suggestions from anyone regarding the problem<br>
I have discussed; I am just particularly being pointedly<br>
critical of the poster I referred to in the first sentence.<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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