Message-Id: <199502020023.AA26172@nfs1.digex.net> From: ucleaar Date: Wed Feb 1 19:23:24 1995 Subject: Re: replies re. ka & mamta be ma X-From-Space-Date: Wed Feb 1 19:23:24 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Jorge: > i ro cmima be le se fancu cu ckini pa cmima be le te fancu > le selbri So, say, "friend" isn't a function, bcs one has more than friend? > i pa po'o cmima be le te fancu i la'edi'u vajni Since you say it's important I'd better acknowledge that I can't parse or understand it (if you mean {pa poho cmima be le te fancu}). > > > .i roda poi prenu zo'u da ponse lo ba'e su'onomei > > So {da poi prenu zohu da ponse node} is false? > na go'i i lo su'onomei ka'e dunli lo nomei Indeed so. The question is whether {mi ponse lo nomei ku e no da} is a contradiction: I have no idea. > > I feel [makau] doesn't increase expressive > > power: it is an optional add-on, a useful convenience. > ie i ku'i pe'i la'e di'u cu jetnu sera'a ro cmavo Surely not most members of, say SE, LE, PA? --- And