From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Mon Feb 22 17:13:17 2010 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:13:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NjjKu-0002Cc-Pk for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:13:17 -0800 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.122]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1NjjKX-0001Gu-Bp for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:13:06 -0800 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=0n2UhktpSCoA:10 a=jM_2tsuCuFMbVhyyzMAA:9 a=4Jqz0Ik9iGvidhvaE4szaoofO28A:4 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 71.71.198.100 Received: from [71.71.198.100] ([71.71.198.100:43456] helo=chausie) by cdptpa-oedge01.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id F7/C9-14652-E8B238B4; Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:12:47 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chausie (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4CA519F0 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:12:43 -0500 (EST) From: Pierre Abbat To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: To be polite in lojban. Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:12:37 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 (enterprise 0.20070907.709405) References: <20050419104222.27410.qmail@web32110.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <5715b9301002221034v6b3b6e7atdc7de3a75e8f7ed8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201002222012.40119.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-archive-position: 16998 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@phma.optus.nu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Monday 22 February 2010 15:52:42 james riley wrote: > They behave differently. {e'o} is a UI, {pe'u} a COI. In other words, "pe'u" is followed by a name, which refers to whom you are asking to do something. "e'o" marks whatever precedes, or its scope, as a polite request, but doesn't address anyone. Pierre -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman. 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.