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 #1) id m0qEe6R-00001WC; Fri, 17 Jun 94 16:37 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0094; Fri, 17 Jun 94 16:37:19 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 0089; Fri, 17 Jun 1994 16:37:18 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8862; Fri, 17 Jun 1994 15:35:21 +0200 Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 14:36:12 BST Reply-To: i.alexander.bra0125@oasis.icl.co.uk Sender: Lojban list From: i.alexander.bra0125@OASIS.ICL.CO.UK Subject: Re: (kau) and (du'u) and (jei) To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Content-Length: 1021 Lines: 35 cu'u la xorxes. > mi djuno le du'u by zmadu cy le ka prami dakau > can mean either: > I know B exceeds C in being loved. > or: > I know in loving whom B exceeds C. No, the property disambiguator is just plain {da}. So > mi djuno le du'u by zmadu cy le ka prami da means > I know B exceeds C in being loved. and > mi djuno le du'u by zmadu cy le ka prami dakau means > I know in loving whom B exceeds C. (Is it time to revisit my "Desperately seeking properties" rant from way back at the end of August? John Cowan threatened to respond to the "properties" half, but to the best of my knowledge never did.) > mi djuno le du'u xukau la djan nelci lei plise > (and the {xu} could even be dropped)... I'm not sure about dropping the {xu}. I did once venture {nakau} for this (I think it was a private message to Colin). ----------------------------------------------------------- leka ka'e srera cu se ckaji ro remna mi'e .i,n.