Received: from mail-pz0-f61.google.com ([209.85.210.61]:49304) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RWXgH-0001qO-2h; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:18:02 -0800 Received: by dajx4 with SMTP id x4sf1757110daj.16 for ; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:date:from:to:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:in-reply-to:user-agent :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:content-disposition; bh=xNkqryEYQgWyoyvAqD8PLasw6S0tIjF5ANYHjkKrj6g=; b=D1Wl9C3ebYjb9lVLyjMB5b+hLllzzg6dfesIwJDxBDjvO5V8egLR/YkQTn7ioFYoFS He9yfD7+egp3arbW0dn8GPduwvljDVVzgzMxtzvEPhVZIi6dfrOMnPzgJ8Qql2RuoY7u EKEXxG49XufBeug/YG/3yhhrf1gwfUwKsy2xY= Received: by 10.68.50.41 with SMTP id z9mr1289162pbn.12.1322849864690; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:44 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.68.74.199 with SMTP id w7ls15901539pbv.7.gmail; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.209.68 with SMTP id mk4mr9407018pbc.6.1322849864112; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.209.68 with SMTP id mk4mr9407015pbc.6.1322849864105; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from stodi.digitalkingdom.org (mail.digitalkingdom.org. [173.13.139.236]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j5si2213902pbi.0.2011.12.02.10.17.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.236 as permitted sender) client-ip=173.13.139.236; Received: from rlpowell by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RWXg7-0001qL-Am for lojban@googlegroups.com; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:17:43 -0800 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 10:17:43 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] baby words: "would you like some more milk?" Message-ID: <20111202181742.GJ5332@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@googlegroups.com References: <20111130172022.GK8581@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Original-Sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org designates 173.13.139.236 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 09:39:21AM +0000, tijlan wrote: > I think that for babies in general it's more about the simple presence > of the inflexible desire than the more analytical willingness to drink > by a larger amount. > > xu za'o djica [tu'a] lo ladru That's a good point. I'd say {ca'o}, though. > Better yet: > > [ladru] be'upei I think I like that best. :D > (Probably most babies justly don't care about the temporal extension > of anything, in which case you don't have to add things like > "bu'ocu'i".) What would that be for? > Indeed, "to want more of x" can mean simply "to lack x", for which > there is "claxu": > > xu claxu lo ladru > (Want more milk?) Also good. Thank you. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.