From sentto-44114-16147-1033156246-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Fri Sep 27 12:54:05 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:54:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n34.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.102]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.05) id 17v1Ba-00043F-01 for lojban-in@lojban.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 12:54:02 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-16147-1033156246-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.96] by n34.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Sep 2002 19:50:46 -0000 X-Sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_4); 27 Sep 2002 19:50:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 75850 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2002 19:50:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m13.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Sep 2002 19:50:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailbox-3.st1.spray.net) (212.78.202.103) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2002 19:50:45 -0000 Received: from oemcomputer (host213-121-71-29.surfport24.v21.co.uk [213.121.71.29]) by mailbox-3.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BF8D19572 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 21:50:44 +0200 (DST) To: Message-ID: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200209271557.LAA25011@mail2.reutershealth.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 20:52:19 +0100 Subject: [lojban] Re: interactions between tenses, other tenses, and NA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 1635 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list John: > > Of course, and everybody says things wrong every now and then > > even in their native language. All I'm saying is that the rule > > for {na} is extremely difficult to master, at least for me. > > It is pretty alien, yes. To me it seems one of the more naturalistic features of Lojban -- a quirky, exceptional, counterintuitive, unnecessary complication, of the sort natlangs are full of & Lojban is largely free of. --And. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/