Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t8Y8U-0000ZQC; Thu, 26 Oct 95 21:38 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 827261EA ; Thu, 26 Oct 1995 20:38:45 +0100 Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 12:12:01 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: rel clause paper To: Lojban List In-Reply-To: <199510252202.SAA22251@locke.ccil.org> from "ucleaar" at Oct 25, 95 09:25:44 pm Content-Length: 677 Lines: 19 la .and. cusku di'e > Yes, this is what I was after. Now, is (1) possible with a cmevla > instead of "nanmu", as in: > > 3) la frederik poi terpa le kea xirma ku > Frederick-afraid-of-his-horse > > like "Ethelred the Unready", "John Lackland", or "John Smith" > for that matter - or "John Johnson", "John Cowan"? No. For one thing, "ku" isn't used in "la frederik.", which has no elidable terminator. You are stuck with "la .efelred. to'erbred." or "la djan. tumclax.", and of course there's no guarantee that the hearer will correctly interpret such names. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.