Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id KAA15820 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 1995 10:59:00 -0400 Message-Id: <199509241459.KAA15820@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v0.1a) with SMTP id A15FDAA4 ; Sun, 24 Sep 1995 10:40:29 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 17:38:22 +0300 Reply-To: Cyril Slobin Sender: Lojban list From: Cyril Slobin Organization: Institute for Commercial Engineering Subject: Beginners question (was: Re: coi za'e jboterymri) X-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU, lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <199509190318.HAA23939@feast.fe.msk.ru>; from "jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU" at Mon, 18 Sep 1995 20:53:23 EDT Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Sun Sep 24 10:59:04 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU coi Trying to read (and understand :-) some lojban posting I have found this: > i le do se ciska na mutce nitcu le nu cikre i ku'i lo do lojbo zirpu ki'a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I haven't found this pattern in The Draft Reference Grammar. :-( I guess it is equal to {le se ciska be do}. Am I right? And if yes, does the way to do the same thing with x3 etc. exists? co'o mi'e. kir. -- Cyril Slobin `When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, `it means just what I choose it to mean'