Received: from mail-wg0-f56.google.com ([74.125.82.56]:46490) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XXvIc-0002dr-Er for lojban-list-archive@lojban.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:51 -0700 Received: by mail-wg0-f56.google.com with SMTP id m15sf81479wgh.21 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=20120806; h=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:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=nrS0CgiagC2lXDdJXD0zG0HphDAkYvKz2aiYeKg5FXs=; b=nsiPsXSAYzMFnTMvCezkn5YIqiynTxHkNR9N4H5QO8iN1eLM6HdvmC2FLtxTigURYF gBk4x5dQpDYHlR0WI7OWU+1HjQkIBECTk6D60eFMX3eGmC/rS1+wRlmZLpO7U3L+yi21 imJmaC1KKsc1AFTIyIlLM8gcyed2uQUPuoDhOD+zNtY9afkw8nKK9P69DEOYZdmz10Fo pSFAcn49FDC4b1ZG1jsDftVy6ApCTc4m6oSVOLeYSWZeQbNYMjt+MREKQe5+aBtiSz3L NgOO9wWGvVcgBXqSNnDw62zwgtQ+3jPvSGiusg9QNund6P2mtJkbQIQhrr/EdIgt5xtn TYBA== X-Received: by 10.180.96.161 with SMTP id dt1mr290436wib.3.1411836999091; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:39 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.180.82.200 with SMTP id k8ls270142wiy.46.gmail; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.181.23.197 with SMTP id ic5mr1473988wid.7.1411836998606; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-la0-x229.google.com (mail-la0-x229.google.com [2a00:1450:4010:c03::229]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id us10si140082lbc.1.2014.09.27.09.56.38 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4010:c03::229 as permitted sender) client-ip=2a00:1450:4010:c03::229; Received: by mail-la0-f41.google.com with SMTP id pn19so683590lab.28 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.87.146 with SMTP id ay18mr3575357lab.92.1411836998484; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.66.179 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.66.179 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Sep 2014 09:56:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 17:56:38 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Speaker specificity: {.i da'i na vajni} From: And Rosta To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: and.rosta@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of and.rosta@gmail.com designates 2a00:1450:4010:c03::229 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=and.rosta@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com 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: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c35466c688ec05040eeabf X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_bar: - --001a11c35466c688ec05040eeabf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 27 Sep 2014 15:48, "Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas" wrote: > The main reason I stopped using "le" is that I never knew when it was supposed to be used. I would spend an inordinately long time trying to decide each time I had to use a gadri which one to use, I was never completely satisfied that I had made the right choice, and in the end it didn't seem to make much difference anyway. So I abandoned "le" at least until I have a clear idea of how it's supposed to work. I understand {le broda} to be short for {lo co'e voi ke'a broda}, which is probably equivalent to unbound {ko'a voi ke'a broda}, tho that depends on whether unbound {ko'a} is interpreted as definite (like third person pronouns). Do you disagree? If not, don't the {co'e} and, contingently, the {voi} give a meaning usefully and intelligibly distinct from {lo broda}? --And. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an e= mail to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. --001a11c35466c688ec05040eeabf Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On 27 Sep 2014 15:48, "Jorge Llamb=C3=ADas" <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> The main reason I stopped using "le" is that I never knew wh= en it was supposed to be used. I would spend an inordinately long time tryi= ng to decide each time I had to use a gadri which one to use, I was never c= ompletely satisfied that I had made the right choice, and in the end it did= n't seem to make much difference anyway. So I abandoned "le" = at least until I have a clear idea of how it's supposed to work.

I understand {le broda} to be short for {lo co'e voi ke&= #39;a broda}, which is probably equivalent to unbound {ko'a voi ke'= a broda}, tho that depends on whether unbound {ko'a} is interpreted as = definite (like third person pronouns). Do you disagree? If not, don't t= he {co'e} and, contingently, the {voi} give a meaning usefully and inte= lligibly distinct from {lo broda}?

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