Return-Path: Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0tJMRs-0000ZUC; Sat, 25 Nov 95 17:23 EET Message-Id: Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id D14EFABA ; Sat, 25 Nov 1995 16:23:28 +0100 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 1995 15:05:56 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: new predicate variables? X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 787 Lines: 26 Paolo asks: > la .and. ciska di'e > >Is there a jvajvo principle that says that in {broda zei cmoda}, > .i .ue xu zo cmoda cu cnino rodvla I guess so. It's a somewhat trespassing [into gismuland] type 4 (I think) fuivla (which I borrowed from the English nonce-word "shmoda"...). It means "some predicate or other - who cares?". [I don't know if {rodvla} should mean "predicate variable", but let it.] Kris die coe: > pe'i zo cmoda cu malmalglico .i zoi gy. cm- gy. cu xajmi ke valsi > sance bau la glico .i pe'ipei milxe smuni zo co'e .a zo broda .a da pamai, xu lika kea malmalglico kei lika kea zanglico kei du? i remai, xu ro glico cu se mabla? Xorxes: > i la and pu nitcu lo rodvla poi le pamoi lerfu pe ke'a me na'ebo zo b. > i zo cmoda cu fu'ivla kie goe gie gohi --- And