From LOJBAN%CUVMB.bitnet@YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:54:53 2010 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by MINERVA.CIS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Wed, 17 Mar 1993 14:48:44 -0500 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9211; Wed, 17 Mar 93 14:47:38 EST Received: from CUVMB.BITNET by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 1035; Wed, 17 Mar 93 14:48:12 EST Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 19:43:35 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar@UCL.AC.UK Sender: Lojban list From: Mr Andrew Rosta Subject: Again Re: TECH: QUERY re cmene X-To: lojban@cuvma.BITNET, jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU To: Erik Rauch In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 17 Mar 93 08:54:18 PST.) <9303171723.AA20870@link-1.ts.bcc.ac.uk> Status: O X-From-Space-Date: Wed Mar 17 19:43:35 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Message-ID: jimc: > Then I would interpret "la" as an abbreviation for "le me'e", e.g. > > la tirxu == le me'e tirxu > > As And. points out, it should be possible to use any determiner with > the name tense in place of "le", except you don't have the one-word > abbreviation of "la". Where would _laho_ fit into this? la tirxu == laho la. tirxu la. == ?? le mehe laho la. tirxu la. or ?? le mehe la. tirxu la. mi mehe la .and. == ?? mi mehe laho la. and. la. or ?? mi mehe la. and. la. It's got to be the first of each pair, in which case: la == le mehe laho == le mehe laho Right? ---- And