Received: from ELI.CS.YALE.EDU by NEBULA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sat, 21 Aug 1993 12:44:14 -0400 Received: from YALEVM.YCC.YALE.EDU by eli.CS.YALE.EDU via SMTP; Sat, 21 Aug 1993 12:44:10 -0400 Message-Id: <199308211644.AA00327@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2150; Sat, 21 Aug 93 12:42:53 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 7617; Sat, 21 Aug 93 12:45:34 EDT Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1993 12:42:36 EDT Reply-To: Jorge LLambias Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge LLambias Subject: Re: ZI X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Erik Rauch Status: O X-Status: X-From-Space-Date: Sat Aug 21 08:42:36 1993 X-From-Space-Address: @YaleVM.YCC.YALE.EDU:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET mi spuda la'o ze'e. And .ze'e > > (2) In the recent ZAhO debate, to which I wasn't paying much > attention, I think I recall John Cowan saying there is a new > member of selmaho ZI meaning "infinite time interval". Do I > remember right? My cmavo list (new one, off PLS) has _cihiroi_ > for eternally, but nothing meaning "eternally" in selmaho ZI. > > ------ > And > I think ze'e is what you want. An infinite ZI would not be that useful, since the ZIs tell you how far you should go in the PU direction. I guess "zu" serves well for both the Big Bang and the restaurant at the end of the universe. If you really want to mention something that happened in the infinite past or in the infinite future, you'll have to be more wordy. (WARNING: Non-expert's opinion) Jorge