From wetblu!uunet!marob.masa.com!cowan Fri Jun 1 05:37:00 1990 Return-Path: Received: by marob.masa.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.7) id ; Fri, 1 Jun 90 05:36 EDT Received: by wetblu.hollander.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.16.1 #16.12) id ; Fri, 1 Jun 90 03:42 EDT Received: from cbmvax.UUCP by uunet.uu.net (5.61/1.14) with UUCP id AA12863; Fri, 1 Jun 90 03:09:42 -0400 Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore Jan 13 1990) id AA11885; Fri, 1 Jun 90 03:00:22 EDT Received: by snark.uu.net (smail2.3) id AA19011; 1 Jun 90 02:17:53 EDT (Fri) Received: from RUTGERS.EDU by uunet.uu.net (5.61/1.14) with SMTP id AA12311; Thu, 31 May 90 16:13:40 -0400 Received: from phri.UUCP by rutgers.edu (5.59/SMI4.0/RU1.3/3.06) with UUCP id AA11802; Thu, 31 May 90 15:24:36 EDT Received: by phri.UUCP (smail2.5) id AA03659; 31 May 90 14:17:36 EDT (Thu) Received: by marob.masa.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.7) id ; Thu, 31 May 90 12:16 EDT Message-Id: From: wetblu!uunet!marob.masa.com!cowan (John Cowan) Subject: Re: addendum to 8 versions of an English sentence by John Cowna To: snark.uu.NET!lojban-list Date: Thu, 31 May 90 12:16:50 EDT In-Reply-To: <9005300541.AA13906@snark.uu.net>; from "snark!lojbab" at May 30, 90 5:41 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL0] Status: RO lojbab writes: > "John seeks a bicycle or a fish - but I the observer don't know which." > has a more complex logical structure and can be represented by the following: > da relxi'uma'e gi'a finpe gi'e se sisku la djan. > (something is a bycle or a fish, and is sought by John) > Note that there are two logical connectives in this version, and that Lojban > connectives are left grouping unless marked. Now that I grasp this point, how about this version: la djan. sisku da poi relxi'uma'e gi'a finpe meaning John seeks something which is-a-bicycle or is-a-fish. This seems to me to be correct and also to capture the desired sense. -- cowan@marob.masa.com (aka ...!hombre!marob!cowan) e'osai ko sarji la lojban