Return-Path: Received: from fiport.funet.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0rZoTJ-00007eC; Thu, 2 Feb 95 01:28 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (MAILER@SEARN) by FIPORT.FUNET.FI (PMDF V4.3-13 #2494) id <01HMJWTD8XE8001XGO@FIPORT.FUNET.FI>; Wed, 01 Feb 1995 23:23:45 +0200 (EET) Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5194; Thu, 2 Feb 1995 00:23:40 +0100 Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 22:35:07 +0000 From: ucleaar Subject: Re: replies re. ka & mamta be ma In-reply-to: (Your message of Fri, 27 Jan 95 21:01:36 EST.) Sender: Lojban list To: Veijo Vilva Reply-to: ucleaar Message-id: <01HMJWTIIJUQ001XGO@FIPORT.FUNET.FI> X-Envelope-to: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu Content-Length: 804 Lines: 27 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