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 m0s9xjS-0009adC; Fri, 12 May 95 19:38 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 0A11C5B1 ; Fri, 12 May 1995 18:38:29 +0100 Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 12:41:35 EDT Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: Questions X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 494 Lines: 15 la djan cusku di'e > la xorxes. cusku di'e > > > {ki'e danfu} means "thank you Answer", i.e. you are using {danfu} as > > a name. Probably you meant {i ckire fi tu'a le danfu} > > No, "ki'e danfu" means "ki'e lo danfu"; old-timers will recognize this as > the "Hey, girl with the red hair" problem ("joi xunkrexli"). What's the difference? You mean that instead of "name" I should have said that it's the vocative case of "answer"? That's what I meant to say by "using it as a name". Jorge