From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jun 28 12:42:52 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:42:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fvfvm-0002i8-Cz for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:42:34 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fvfvl-0002i1-EB for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:42:34 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id h2so809621nfe for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:42:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=kT824q17qC0iHpaBBu0v8c831d4cC0aCg3qIvy4umy1tTM8l87qFBVOdz2+COuXYtkKT9JUxy+YkIdxXBw24NuruFUS4FXJM1vYldzbV0rqN4yIw8Bwe9Si/9NVq+h2hvDub7atPA2yCybF5Op7SCmosHDOTjZVLq8XiJXQ7VQE= Received: by 10.49.59.5 with SMTP id m5mr990130nfk; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:42:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.92.1 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:42:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <737b61f30606281242y68b8291fh2fa172f439b268c5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:42:31 -0500 From: "Chris Capel" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: plural markers? In-Reply-To: <20060628162627.98817.qmail@web81305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2d3df92a0606280532s3c0733d4h83347f4ee05d0ff4@mail.gmail.com> <20060628162627.98817.qmail@web81305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 11848 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pdf23ds@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Funny. I interpreted him as saying {mi ta'e cusku} or {mi na'o cusku}, as opposed to {mi pu cusku}. As in, "Yeah, I've been saying the same thing", not "I said that earlier." (And looking back, I don't see where he did.) On 6/28/06, John E Clifford wrote: > Sorry I missed it. It is a fundamental point about Lojban, which gets missed in our Anglocentric > fondness for marked number. > > --- HeliodoR wrote: > > > > So -- context permitting -- the best plural is just the form without > > internal quantifiers at all. > > > > mi cusku lo mintu be di'u > > > > > > mi'e darves > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org > with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if > you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help. > > -- "What is it like to be a bat? What is it like to bat a bee? What is it like to be a bee being batted? What is it like to be a batted bee?" -- The Mind's I (Hofstadter, Dennet) To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.