Return-Path: <@SEGATE.SUNET.SE:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0sCElI-0009acC; Fri, 19 May 95 02:13 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 41B5BC00 ; Fri, 19 May 1995 1:13:47 +0200 Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 19:16:25 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: belated ressponse to Jorge: bu'uvi X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 649 Lines: 18 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.) > 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. Jorge