From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Wed Nov 05 11:51:28 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:51:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1AHTgJ-0003cX-1r for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:51:07 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 11:51:07 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Official details? Message-ID: <20031105195107.GE30355@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 6576 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 06:11:32PM -0000, Mr Ekted wrote: > Is there an online site with all the official details of words, > meanings, and usage? Heh. The short answer is "Not Yet". > For example: > > When do I use bacru <-> cusku? bacru when you are making a noise, cusku when you are communicating information. > How much latitude do I have with the x3 of viska? Can I say "mi pu > viska le mlatu le bumru" meaning "I saw the cat through/in the > fog"? The x3 should probably be an event or fact (nu or du'u), but "tu'a le bumru" is fine. -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui