From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Tue Nov 14 19:43:49 1995 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 TAA20649 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 19:43:47 -0500 Message-Id: <199511150043.TAA20649@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id C06A79B1 ; Tue, 14 Nov 1995 20:32:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 17:30:12 -0700 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: rafsi for "jai" should be "jax-" To: lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Status: OR >> > How does it work? Does {jai bai broda} turn into {jaxybaibroda}? >> I suppose, although Nick/lojbab mostly seemed to want it for >> "jai broda", qua substitute for "broda gasnu". > >Is {jai broda} grammatical? Doesn't it have to be followed by a BAI? yes. no. >And shouldn't the substitute for {broda gasnu} ne {jai zei gau zei broda}? Yes. {da jai broda} means {tu'a da broda}. Assuming {jai broda} will mean {broda gasnu} or {jai gau broda} is probably malrarna, but maybe true in practice. ____ Chris Bogart \ / http://www.quetzal.com Boulder, CO \/ cbogart@quetzal.com