From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri May 29 07:29:12 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MA356-0002Ho-F3 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29:12 -0700 Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com ([74.125.44.155]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MA350-0002GG-AQ for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29:12 -0700 Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 36so21878626yxh.46 for ; Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=woGKAd4b1ysVkUZnxd/5KF+4XmsFvRm0KK0eF7Nm41M=; b=AwmBeuXpZHzM1TxcJIh8nuYzBXL73WS7S4xHklyxndAvi4+tutZZNmzDNuoz39+HQj vI4JaCzYcHV/kCE8IEO0jnN7qozIAO7ALTN2cbkDjwpRKbBzcd3t8ZXiVNO4MWPzCLSP teMUB2HWuQ5rMicTmVDLtPMF4HnArzd9mLZts= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=m46cjujqG+NcDnFhEcZPSmfv2yqhUh3bIOkqPaq4yPlp//YEEDyIxrEzPpfGA0h21Y hzjHcS8m3tCb80dorrc9FrsLfIYULPZ6FIL/GsJbK9qAL4Wfe3QZ2j0UxX6Alz80w4/Z nr1Ga2Cf2APYOhqtO/Y1+cXgleZg86Qj9Zxng= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.108.8 with SMTP id g8mr3832012anc.66.1243607345096; Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5715b9300905281343g25302d95pf8bf4ae281cdbac1@mail.gmail.com> References: <5715b9300905281343g25302d95pf8bf4ae281cdbac1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 11:29:05 -0300 Message-ID: <925d17560905290729ie725674hb303c91edb3c7ace@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: E Pluribus Unum and question about "lo nu binxo" From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?= To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 15612 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 Thu, May 28, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Luke Bergen wrote: > Also, I found the following in "lo nu binxo" and am a little confused.... > > "ni'o lu xu do jimpe su'o valsi sei lo krati fo lo rirni cu te preti" > > the place structure of "te preti" would be "questioner x1 about subject x2 > asks/queries the question x3 (quoted text) to audience x4" > > but filling in those places doesn't seem to make much sense since in the > quote "lu xu do jimpe su'o valsi" would seem to fill in the x1 place.  Or am > I misunderstanding how "sei" works? "sei lo krati fo lo rirni cu te preti" is a free modifier, it's not part of the quote: "lu xu do jimpe su'o valsi --sei lo krati fo lo rirni cu te preti-- .i xu tu tarti lo nu mi'o bebna li'u" 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.