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 m0qa5x3-00004uC; Mon, 15 Aug 94 20:36 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8423; Mon, 15 Aug 94 20:34:41 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 8419; Mon, 15 Aug 1994 20:34:37 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3392; Mon, 15 Aug 1994 19:31:40 +0200 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 08:39:18 -0700 Reply-To: jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Subject: Re: Allnoun X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 13 Aug 94 04:02:47 EDT." <9408130804.AA00324@julia.math.ucla.edu> Content-Length: 365 Lines: 9 Lojbab writes: > I know that whne I read glossed Chinese, it looks like observatives to me > (which is what got me first into trying to write super tanru. Confirmed: at least one native speaker of Mandarin regularly uses (modifier modificand) word order where the modifier is very noun-like, and uses the same style frequently in English. -- jimc