From adamgarrigus@gmail.com Wed Feb 09 12:42:01 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:42:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.202]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Cyyeo-00034w-8x for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:41:54 -0800 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so2355155wri for ; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:41:21 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RKNFdRhjVcIiDHkdMm9BbtCbZKmW9l9eLrLpQNcj7CDd16hUCQbT8cMJglBR493ar9wz++nN1OrWOdDkrqHNXZilT6OBNsHUIrHiXuknRtV+IVtkQuQcvPt0TyRMlU85AvrCcFj4wd7hD748kE/xub6rKL4fzOa905pUAX64e6k= Received: by 10.54.16.47 with SMTP id 47mr9979wrp; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 12:41:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.54.35.48 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:41:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <12d58c16050209124124d7ee0e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 15:41:21 -0500 From: Adam COOPER To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] "I understand Lojban" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 9447 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: adamgarrigus@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list [Cross posted at lojban beginners] I understand Lojban: {mi jimpe fi lo jbobau} - doesn't quite seem to cut it, as it could just as well mean that the speaker understands the ideas behind Lojban, how it was devised, its history, (x3 = subject) without necessarily understanding what's being said. So... {mi jimpe ca lo nu lo jbobau cu ve tavla} - "I understand when Lojban is being spoken" ??? .e'o ko sidju mi .i ki'e rodo .i fe'o mi'e .adam.