From cbmvax!uunet!CUVMA.BITNET!LOJBAN Wed Mar 25 21:43:16 1992 Return-Path: Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.21.1 #21.19) id ; Wed, 25 Mar 92 21:42 EST Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA03493; Wed, 25 Mar 92 14:16:28 EST Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU (via uunet.UU.NET) by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA10886; Wed, 25 Mar 92 13:43:51 -0500 Message-Id: <9203251843.AA10886@relay2.UU.NET> Received: from PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by pucc.Princeton.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9773; Wed, 25 Mar 92 13:42:04 EST Received: by PUCC (Mailer R2.08 ptf012) id 9883; Wed, 25 Mar 92 13:41:46 EST Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1992 14:14:03 GMT Reply-To: Ivan A Derzhanski Sender: Lojban list From: Ivan A Derzhanski Subject: a ZAhO joke X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: CJ FINE's message of Wed, 25 Mar 92 12:44:22 GMT <6561.9203251244@mail.bradford.ac.uk> Status: RO > From: CJ FINE > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 92 12:44:22 GMT > > > > lo batkla befi lo kumfa noi jaivi ca tigni tavla di'e ve se preti lo > > sanli be lo crane > > I think you mean vete preti? As it stands, "is asked a question > (which is) the one standing in front." I missed a terminator. It is {ve se preti}, but the second argument (the question) is {di'e}. So insert a {be'o} before {di'e}, or make that {... cu ve se preti di'e}. Ivan