From lojbab Tue Jul 26 00:30:43 1994
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 00:30:40 -0400
From: Logical Language Group <lojbab>
Message-Id: <199407260430.AA10169@access1.digex.net>
To: lojbab@access.digex.net
Subject: Re: ciska bai tu'a zo bai
Status: RO

LL>         la frank. ga'inai rapdarxi la djordj. ga'i
LL>         Frank [my superior] beats George [my inferior]
LL> 
LL> > And you can't
LL> > use it to talk, for example to someone of your same high rank about someo
LL> > of low rank, and things like that.
LL> 
LL> Again, I see no problem, although (as noted in earlier postings) the
LL> addressee must be made explicit in the sentence:
LL> 
LL>         la lojbab. ga'inai malpensi doi ga'icu'i
LL>         Lojbab, that scumbag, is a poor-quality thinker, O-my-equal.

Am I missing something here?  In one case ga'inai results in "my superior"
while in the other it results in "that scumbag".  This doesn't exactly seem
consistent.

lojbab