Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #14) id m0ozqXD-0000PZC; Wed, 17 Nov 93 19:19 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with BSMTP id 7119; Wed, 17 Nov 93 19:19:28 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 7116; Wed, 17 Nov 1993 19:19:18 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8078; Wed, 17 Nov 1993 18:18:23 +0100 Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1993 08:18:00 EST Reply-To: "Robert J. Chassell" Sender: Lojban list From: "Robert J. Chassell" Subject: Re: dog-house for lapdogs X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <9311170639.AA24833@albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu> (message from Logical Language Group on Wed, 17 Nov 1993 01:37:34 -0500) Content-Length: 3314 Lines: 92 Not long ago I had dinner with a friend who has two very small dogs. As far as I am concerned, these are not `real' dogs at all; my cat is bigger. .i naku zo'u lomi pendo cu srana lo'e gerku .i ji'a lomi mlatu cu zmadu barda ni canlu kei ra It is not the case that my friend is associated with truly typical dogs. In addition, my cat is bigger in quantity of volume compared with them as a standard. I very nearly laughed out loud when saw lo zdani be lo gerku be la cmalus be'o ku be'o Truly a nest for what is truly a dog of species Miniature It was a small basket! .i .ua .u'i .i'e ba'e cmalu lanka very-small basket Robert J. Chassell bob@gnu.ai.mit.edu Rattlesnake Mountain Road bob@grackle.stockbridge.ma.us Stockbridge, MA 01262-0693 USA (413) 298-4725 na NA bridi negator bridi contradictory negator; scope is an entire bridi; logically negates in some cmavo compounds zo'u ZOhU end prenex marks end of logical prenex quantifiers/topic identification and start of sentence bridi pendo ped pe'o friend x1 is a friend of/to x2 (experiencer) %% 2i 90 srana ra'a pertain 'concerns' x1 pertains to/is relevant to/concerns/is related/associated with x2; (cf. ckini, ponse, steci) %% 7j gerku ger ge'u dog x1 is a dog/canine of species/breed x2 %% ai 175 lo'e LE the typical veridical descriptor: the typical one(s) who really is(are) ... ji'a UI3b in addition discursive: additionally mlatu lat cat x1 is a cat [feline animal] of species/breed x2; (cf. cinfo, tirxu) %% ai 124 zmadu zma mau more x1 exceeds x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) by amount x4; (cf. mleca, zenba, jmina) %% 6k 248 barda bra big 'large' x1 is big/large in property/dimension(s) x2 (ka) as compared with standard/norm x3; (cf. banli) %% 1e 318 canlu cal ca'u space 'volume' x1 is space/volume/room [at-least-3-dimensional area] occupied by x2 %% al 18 ni NU amount abstract abstractor: quantity/amount abstractor; x1 is quantity/amount of [bridi] measured on scale x2 ra KOhA5 recent sumti pro-sumti: a recent sumti before the last one, as determined by back-counting rules cmalu cma small x1 is small in property/dimension(s) x2 (ka) as compared with standard/norm x3 %% 1e 326 zdani zda nest 'den' x1 is a nest/house/lair/den of/for x2 %% 4d 280 .ua discovery .u'i amusement .i'e approval ba'e BAhE emphasize next forethought emphasis indicator; indicates next word is especially emphasized lanka basket x1 is a basket with contents x2, woven from material x3 %% ao 0