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 m0r3rUS-00005bC; Sat, 5 Nov 94 22:13 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9349; Sat, 05 Nov 94 22:13:45 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9345; Sat, 5 Nov 1994 22:13:45 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5474; Sat, 5 Nov 1994 21:10:39 +0100 Date: Sat, 5 Nov 1994 15:11:16 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Lojban equivalent of "which?". To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Content-Length: 668 Lines: 24 la'o gy Bob Chassell gy cusku di'e > jorge@phyast.pitt.edu cuska di'e > > The problem is that I can't think of any good Lojban equivalent of > "which?". > > There are a whole bunch of them. It depends on what kind of question > you are asking. I meant "which one?" as a question to a nonspecific claim. For example: mi viska pa le ci gerku I see one of the three dogs. I want to ask "which one?". {do viska ma} doesn't really work well, because it is already answered. {do viska le mo gerku} could be it. Yes, I think {le mo} is a good "which one?". {do viska lo mo gerku} would mean something like "what kind of dog do you see?". Jorge