Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0t5DAX-0000ZOC; Tue, 17 Oct 95 16:39 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 273F64A2 ; Tue, 17 Oct 1995 15:39:04 +0100 Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:03:45 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Subject: Re: tenses X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199510120357.XAA14491@locke.ccil.org> from "jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU" at Oct 11, 95 11:29:31 pm Content-Length: 531 Lines: 15 la kris. cusku di'e > > I support an additional > > understanding that says you can't pu'o citka le plise without later taking a > > single bite. The advantage of that rule is that you could always logically > > derive {da broda de} from {da contour broda de}. What you say is true, but probably doesn't mean what you think. Rather, it means that {da broda de} might mean {da ZAhO broda de} in the proper context. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.