Return-Path: Received: from kejal-9101.pc by xiron with uucp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0ok5DX-0000osC; Tue, 5 Oct 93 07:45 EET Received: from access.digex.net by xiron with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0ojqJR-0000osC; Mon, 4 Oct 93 15:50 EET Received: by access.digex.net id AA23130 (5.67a8/IDA-1.4.4 for vilva%xiron@KEJAL-9101.pc.Helsinki.FI); Mon, 4 Oct 1993 09:56:48 -0400 From: Logical Language Group Message-Id: <199310041356.AA23130@access.digex.net> Subject: Re: FA [KU] To: lojbab@access.digex.net (Logical Language Group) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 09:56:47 -0400 (EDT) Cc: vilva%xiron@KEJAL-9101.pc.Helsinki.FI In-Reply-To: <199310020441.AA05671@access.digex.net> from "Logical Language Group" at Oct 2, 93 00:41:50 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL22] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: vilva Content-Length: 650 Lines: 19 Veijo asks about FA [KU]. It's true that this is of no great use in a bridi, but then neither is "FA zo'e", which means about the same thing. Where it is useful is in answering "fi'a" questions, thus: fi'a do dunda le rozgu [what relation] you give with-gift-the rose What place of "dunda" is occupied by "do" when the gift is the rose? Are you the giver of the rose or its recipient? The proper reply would be "fa [ku]" if you are the giver, or "fi [ku]" if you are the recipient, and these are grammatical utterances, specifically utterances consisting of a single . -- John Cowan sharing account for now