From sentto-44114-23101-1095974844-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu Sep 23 14:28:28 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:28:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n39.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.107]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CAb89-0008S1-2m for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:27:57 -0700 Received: from [66.218.66.157] by n39.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Sep 2004 21:27:25 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Sender: kyrzar@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 93757 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2004 21:27:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m17.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Sep 2004 21:27:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n1.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.64) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Sep 2004 21:27:22 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.154] by n1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Sep 2004 21:27:18 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.64 From: "doug" X-Originating-IP: 67.160.140.142 X-Yahoo-Profile: kyrzar78 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: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:27:18 -0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: what fi'u *can't* do, and what can do it instead? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 8669 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: kyrzar@hotmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, "Adam D. Lopresto" wrote: > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 MorphemeAddict@w... wrote: > > > In a message dated 2004-09-23 5:21:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, John Cowan < > > jcowan@r...> via > > ecartis@d... writes: > > > > > >>> I personally loathe fi'u, because it's in PA instead of VUhU, which > >>> makes things not work as you'd expect at *all*. For example, (1+2) > >>> over (2+3) can't be done using fi'u: > >> > >> Fi'u is meant to be used to make simple fractions, not for generalized > >> division. It's so you can say things like three-and-a-half without > >> worrying about operator priority. > >> > > > > So is there any cmavo for generalized division which could be used to express > > (1+2) over (2+3)? > > If not, then MEX has another point against it (although I'm not keeping > > score). > > fe'i, as in li vei pa su'i re ve'o fe'i vei re su'i ci ve'o pe'i ba'e zo me'o cu zmadu zo li leka vi mapti ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/