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 m0rEaEW-00007cC; Mon, 5 Dec 94 12:01 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8729; Sat, 03 Dec 94 07:24:59 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 8728; Sat, 3 Dec 1994 07:24:59 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1041; Sat, 3 Dec 1994 06:21:16 +0100 Date: Sat, 3 Dec 1994 00:58:56 GMT Reply-To: ia@stryx.demon.co.uk Sender: Lojban list From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: TECH: query about gihe ... X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 1016 Lines: 33 cu'u la .and. > (1) > "You like a mother more than I do" is: > Do mi zmadu lo ni/ka nelci lo mamta > "There is a mother that you like more than me" is: > Da poi mamta zohu do mi zmadu lo ni/ka nelci da > Now, I want to (concisely) say "You like your mother more than I like > mine". Will the following work? > Do mi zmadu lo ni/ka nelci gihe se mamta I think so, although I would tend to use a construction like that only for special effect. > Is it better to say: > Do mi zmadu lo ni/ka nelci gihe se mamta vau zohe > ? This is formally identical to the preceding, and for my money the change of emphasis doesn't work very well. It might work better with {da} instead of {zo'e}. But why not use an explicit reference Do mi zmadu lo ni/ka nelci lo mamta be le nei (I was going to suggest Do mi zmadu lo ni/ka nelci lo mamta be xa'e da but that comes out as "Your mother is liked more than mine" unless you stick another {xa'e da} in {nelci}'s x1.) -- Iain Alexander (ia@stryx.demon.co.uk)