From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Fri May 19 01:55:30 1995
Date:         Thu, 18 May 1995 21:48:42 -0400
From: Dylan Thurston <dpt@abel.MATH.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject:      Re: belated ressponse to Jorge: bu'uvi
To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
Message-ID: <vj2sMtCHt2.A.a8E.Au0kLB@chain.digitalkingdom.org>

la xorxes. cusku di'e
> Dylan translates pc's "John loves Mary more than Harry Sally" as:
>
> >         la djan. ce'obo la maris. zmadu la xeris. ce'obo la selis.
> >                 le ka le pamoi be ke'a cu prami le remoi be ke'a
>
> Beautiful! (The {bo}s are grammatical but not needed. They would be
> needed for a connective made with a BAI, were my proposal to be
> accepted, but {ce'o} is a JOI.)

{.o'a je'e}

> > which would, I expect, be elipsized to
> >
> >         la djan. ce'obo la maris. zmadu la xeris. ce'obo la selis.
> >                 le ka prami
>
> Right, which is what I had at some point, but with a different
> interpretation for the elipsized places. I like yours much better.

An alternate form, if you want to be a little more explicit, is

        la djan. ce'o la maris. zmadu la xeris. ce'o la selis.
                le ka le pamoi cu prami le remoi

(This relies on a cooperative reader knowing where to stick in the
{ke'a}s.)

--Dylan