Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tFofP-0000ZTC; Wed, 15 Nov 95 22:42 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id C47F6069 ; Wed, 15 Nov 1995 21:42:47 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 20:35:46 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: TECH: man bites dog problem X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 978 Lines: 27 > > 1. I guess {re lo mu broda} becomes {re boi mu broda}. > No, that's ungrammatical. "re lo mu broda" is scoped in conjunction, > like "lo mu broda" (note that there must really be only five broda). So is there a way to say it? {re me lo mu broda}, I suppose. > > 2. How does {re broda} vs {re lo broda} help to disambiguate > > A. re le mu nanmu cu batci ci le mu gerku > > we still need a ruling on whether A. is 3 dogs or 6 dogs. > Three dogs. To get six dogs, use: > re me le mu nanmu cu batci ci me le mu gerku > with the new definition of "me". This is equivalent to: > re da poi me le mu nanmu vau ci de poi me le mu gerku zo'u da batci de Hmm. I see. Is {ci broda} equivalent to {ci me lo broda}? I'm still not sure how to {lo}-lessly do: {mehi ro lo ci lo prenu cu klama} [under current system] "There is a trio of people not all of whom are goers." My best guess is: mehi ro me ci prenu cu klama mehi ro me ci lo prenu cu klama --- And