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 m0rh5oF-00001pC; Wed, 22 Feb 95 03:24 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 4174; Wed, 22 Feb 95 03:24:23 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 4171; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 03:24:23 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 3278; Wed, 22 Feb 1995 02:20:30 +0100 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 20:25:29 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Existence and occurrence of events (was: ago24 & replies) X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 609 Lines: 14 And: > > If the event I try for occurs, then I've succeeded. If some other related > > event occurs, but not the one I've tried for, then I've failed. > > You're right if you translate it as {mi troci lo nu mi muvgau lo rokci}. > If you translate it as {mi troci lo nu lo rokci cu muvdu} then you're > wrong. Why? What do you mean by {mi troci lo nu lo rokci cu muvdu}? Where does it say that I have to be the agent of the movement? Does {troci} automatically have a {gasnu} implied, so that {mi troci lo nu } is really an elided form of {mi troci lo nu mi gasnu lo nu }? Jorge