Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t7Gi5-0000ZOC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 08:50 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id A5DF7F62 ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 7:50:12 +0100 Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 06:46:35 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: "ko" considered bad X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 513 Lines: 13 John MacJohnbob: > la paulos. cusku di'e > > What does "le ko pinsi cu xunre" mean? > "So act so that the pencil associated with you is red." > If the pencil associated with you (call it Charles) is not red, then > you have two choices: you can replace Charles with a pencil that is > red, or you can transform Charles so that it is red. I can't see that replacing Charles is a valid response. Only transforming Charles is. If replacing Charles is a valid response, then I'd say {lo ko pinsi cu xunre}. --- And