From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Dec 22 10:13:55 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LEpHv-0006x1-BL for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:55 -0800 Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.198.249]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LEpHs-0006wK-AG for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:54 -0800 Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so2324199rvf.46 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=iZ6irNE8mWVJgni4ublHYYYKLaLF0aVSKp54acvh3vs=; b=f5oSuB5YyvZSpFX7LIjnKdYwJ+lYbRninT1TtHeBK6FdAkWUHoVUbskKex8oiQK+YP gVJwq0Az+5c5JEgldHFMvX50+dn8XsWCApTDACQ7YaZcDqSLMV9+588GrYCQZLpEbcQC kybIFACGJlDq9xc0UEx+jYub723O53ws9ir+Q= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=e8oFs/d/pAfls5dAIMwz/o7NcR25Ue5BHotQY1jJFY3QZOTSt73jt5H4do13JOjntY xHGa3nUtNQZJBsfjki+7SZ6ouL83wWQUhXYrXJ8oo40H9Qo6ylcWfRPvljB3D1b7AwYQ TIY9P67GGKbyY1zaFRlOBhO7FmjxVxzhTQvDc= Received: by 10.141.153.16 with SMTP id f16mr3309805rvo.80.1229969631283; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:51 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.194.15 with HTTP; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:13:51 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <925d17560812221013o693b751kb5a079bc99894fc0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:13:51 -0300 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: About the negators In-Reply-To: <200812221257.30029.phma@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis Content-Disposition: inline References: <101615.13333.qm@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200812220944.03051.phma@phma.optus.nu> <925d17560812220708m69ba82bdjc8646d5c55958603@mail.gmail.com> <200812221257.30029.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 15136 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Pierre Abbat wrote: > On Monday 22 December 2008 10:08:42 Jorge Llambías wrote: >> >> Do you mean "ti na gucti be li re joi pulgada be li so"? > > According to jbofi'e, that's not grammatical either. jbofi'e doesn't always handle elidable terminators well. How does it do with "ti na gucti be li re be'o joi pulgada be li so"? > I'm trying to join the > bridi-tails. Is there a way to do that in afterthought? No, not with non-logical connectives. I once proposed adding "GI JOI" as the afterthought bridi-tail connective for non-logicals, but it was never approved. >> > -> ti joigi na gucti li re gi pulgada li so >> > -> ti joigi naku gucti li re gi pulgada li so >> >> I would agree those two are equivalent, although who knows what they >> mean. > > One possible interpretation is "It measures nine inches, or one foot and nine > inches, or three feet and nine inches, or so on, but not two feet and nine > inches." But it could also measure a meter and nine inches, or a gram and > nine inches (as long as the gram isn't two feet long). Not at all clear to me. Before trying to figure that one out, I'd like to know what {ti joi gi broda gi brode} means, if anything. mu'o mi'e xorxes 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.