From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Fri Sep 11 05:46:41 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mm5WF-0004LR-G9 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:46:32 -0700 Received: from mail-yx0-f197.google.com ([209.85.210.197]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mm5W4-0004Kd-V7 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:46:22 -0700 Received: by yxe35 with SMTP id 35so3866544yxe.2 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:46:10 -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; bh=+BGCRU/tnI5nYKPsrbhGtTrgMzzj/daVZzXJwGBPipc=; b=fneuKp4dR74p4bput49sYZOeTdeDBV2ZTZa331eEq0OU6Jgnwvpur8doaH7evgxmXi vMt12EMxcXGSEl++9yD+BHU+wDHul8r5vEh5c5NpFK7S4V5wIAEDYrUGm1dDdJ5YKPiS 5HUemjTGnaMZ1Q4+VD6iHA0McNHaNuvuYdhZA= 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; b=ERnOvLggkrdX5vZdPnHozWk8dShLsh+Jsb/nDMIA40qsvfKDaVcrK6XunZjc6CvY5Y DojNdV5eR9TUOcIGWbbX47lnhRAw81nOaDvJOmZ6ViDlXrvPZjHgb3YIxlG9vjB1NszU f8qU3PAYxr13dLIVM0XLcg5HYL8lMTGvVvPiw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.65.19 with SMTP id n19mr4814844yba.233.1252673169733; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:46:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4de8c3930909110409w35f41b1bm186e230607911514@mail.gmail.com> References: <4de8c3930909110409w35f41b1bm186e230607911514@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:46:06 -0400 Message-ID: <5715b9300909110546w65b948bbm45e7ba698e1050b4@mail.gmail.com> Subject: [lojban] Re: E-Prime & Lojban From: Luke Bergen To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd48b524d9a4f04734cb334 X-archive-position: 16146 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lukeabergen@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --000e0cd48b524d9a4f04734cb334 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 sometimes when I'm figuring out how to say what I want to say in my head I'll throw in an unnecessary {cu} because it sounds right due to an english {is}. That E-Prime thing looks interesting. But it seems like there would be some things in english that you simply couldn't say without using a "to be" form of verb. How would you say "I'm here", for instance? On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:09 AM, tijlan wrote: > What do you think of E-Prime? > > Does the practice of Lojban discourage uses of "to be" in English? We > seem to frequent the form of "lo skina cu pluka" more than the form of > "lo skina cu me lo pluka", in which "me" may roughly correspond to the > English copula "be", as in "the movie is good". Could this mean that > Lojban has some bearings on the discipline of E-Prime? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime > > mu'o jundi mi'e tijlan > > > 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. > > --000e0cd48b524d9a4f04734cb334 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable sometimes when I'm figuring out how to say what I want to say in my hea= d I'll throw in an unnecessary {cu} because it sounds right due to an e= nglish {is}.

That E-Prime thing looks interesting.=A0 But it seems l= ike there would be some things in english that you simply couldn't say = without using a "to be" form of verb.=A0

How would you say "I'm here", for instance?

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 7:09 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com><= /span> wrote:
What do you think= of E-Prime?

Does the practice of Lojban discourage uses of "to be" in English= ? We
seem to frequent the form of "lo skina cu pluka" more than the fo= rm of
"lo skina cu me lo pluka", in which "me" may roughly co= rrespond to the
English copula "be", as in "the movie is good". Could t= his mean that
Lojban has some bearings on the discipline of E-Prime?

http://e= n.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime

mu'o jundi mi'e tijlan


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