From @gate.demon.co.uk,@uga.cc.uga.edu:lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Sun Jun 11 23:31:23 1995 Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA3359 ; Sun, 11 Jun 95 23:31:18 BST Received: from punt2.demon.co.uk via puntmail for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk; Sat, 10 Jun 95 01:36:55 GMT Received: from gate.demon.co.uk by punt2.demon.co.uk id aa26277; 10 Jun 95 2:36 +0100 Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by gate.demon.co.uk id aa02547; 10 Jun 95 1:53 GMT-60:00 Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7880; Fri, 09 Jun 95 20:51:27 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7202; Fri, 9 Jun 1995 20:51:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 9 Jun 1995 20:54:18 EDT Reply-To: jorge@phyast.pitt.edu Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@phyast.pitt.edu Subject: Re: preti lei cfila X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Iain Alexander Message-ID: <9506100153.aa02547@gate.demon.co.uk> Status: R And: > > > lo paprvidjo ne vidni geu poi se zasvecnu kei gie nai suo > > noi? enai lei su'o > Why not {ne}. After {ne} you need a sumti, it's like {goi}. > I meant simply to clarify what the fuhivla was - > video cassette - by saying incidentally that it was associated > with a VDU. Yes, I understood what you meant. As I said in my reply, I find the fu'ivla in question quite ugly, not only because it's based on English pronunciation, but because I don't think fu'ivla are meant for that kind of thing. That's what lujvo are for. > Is your addition of {lei} just a matter of style? It's not needed, you're right. But since the other conjunctee was a {lei}... > > 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? No they can't. Another of those that should be made legal if the parser can handle it. > Would your > version give [le [pe tui la blokbustr] vidni]? Yep. > > 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}? I meant {bu'u}. > > le vidnyvei i ko troci le nu jarco le se sfila pagbu pi'o ---- I meant {sepi'o} there. > > 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 i xu lu milxe kufra li'u mi do cmene i je'e mi'e xorxes