From @gate.demon.co.uk,@uga.cc.uga.edu:lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Sun Jun 11 23:31:48 1995 Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA3364 ; Sun, 11 Jun 95 23:31:39 BST Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk via puntmail for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk; Sat, 10 Jun 95 01:44:31 GMT Received: from gate.demon.co.uk by punt2.demon.co.uk id aa29306; 10 Jun 95 2:42 +0100 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by gate.demon.co.uk id aa04020; 10 Jun 95 2:24 GMT-60:00 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6293; Fri, 09 Jun 95 20:22:33 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5070; Fri, 9 Jun 1995 20:18:15 -0400 Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 01:12:49 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: preti lei cfila X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Iain Alexander In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 07 Jun 95 22:30:51 EDT.) Message-ID: <9506100224.aa04020@gate.demon.co.uk> Status: R > ui ui lo selmri be bau la lojban > i la and cusku di'e > > Pau kiu ma ca pi ro fio zahu lei bae sohi nu mi viska pilno > ??? fiu > > lo paprvidjo ne vidni geu poi se zasvecnu kei gie nai suo > noi? enai lei su'o Why not {ne}. I meant simply to clarify what the fuhivla was - video cassette - by saying incidentally that it was associated with a VDU. Is your addition of {lei} just a matter of style? > > nu mi viska pilno lo paprvidjo poi ga fukpi be lo se tivni > > gi vitno se vecnu kei ku va le fanmo be le skina beo le > > jvinu coa mutce mutce se cfila kui gie nai ca mi pante ku > ijenai ca le nu mi pante ku > vao le nu le tui la blokbustr. vidni cu jarco ku se cfila? > le pe tu'i... Why is the {pe} needed? Can't BAIs be preposed? Would your version give [le [pe tui la blokbustr] vidni]? > i mi na djuno i cumki fa le nu le vidnyvei (to zo paprvidjo > a'unaicai toi) cu tatpi i bu'a la blokbustr na jarco piro {bu'a}? > le vidnyvei i ko troci le nu jarco le se sfila pagbu pi'o > le do minji ba le nu do zgana le cfila kei za lo djedi > i ji'a cumki fa le nu mupli le la merfis flalu kie milxe kufra -- And