Return-Path: Received: from fiport.funet.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0raBIh-00007eC; Fri, 3 Feb 95 01:50 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (MAILER@SEARN) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V4.3-13 #2494) id <01HMLBW47MQO002EN7@FIPORT.FUNET.FI>; Thu, 02 Feb 1995 23:46:32 +0200 (EET) Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8874; Fri, 3 Feb 1995 00:47:27 +0100 Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 18:43:48 -0500 (EST) From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: replies re. ka & mamta be ma Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Message-id: <01HMLBW488EA002EN7@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> X-Envelope-to: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Content-Length: 1205 Lines: 40 la and cusku di'e > > 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 drani > > 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 mi pu djica le nu basna zo pa i la'e di'u romei > > > > .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 go'ira'o > > > 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? le se broda = da voi broda ke'a => {se} is an optional add-on convenience. le broda = da voi broda => {le} is an optional add-on convenience. pa broda = za'uno broda e me'ire broda => {pa} is an add-on convenience. i ma cmima zo se a zo le a zo pa gi'e traji se nitcu co'o mi'e xorxes