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 m0sUuJG-0000ZBC; Sun, 9 Jul 95 14:14 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id 458DED0C ; Sun, 9 Jul 1995 13:13:39 +0200 Date: Sun, 9 Jul 1995 07:11:29 -0400 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: Lojban question (fwd) X-To: topic@STUDENT.MATH.HR X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 379 Lines: 12 >.i .uecai selba'e fa'a le mi stedu > (Extreme surprise: a bladed tool, into my head) > >Note that fa'a here means into rather than arriving at, being without >mo'i... Actually that means more like "pointing towards me", and I think the mo'i version would better be understood as "approaching" than "Arriving at". I think you either want ne'i or pa'o instead of fa'a lojbab