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 SAA21067 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 1995 18:06:10 -0500 Message-Id: <199511172306.SAA21067@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 38F6AB87 ; Fri, 17 Nov 1995 18:59:01 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 22:57:46 +0000 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: self-descriptions? X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Fri Nov 17 18:06:13 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU > mi'e goran. .i mi caki nanca lirepapisu'o .i le kerfa .e le kanla vu'o > po'e mi manbu'e What does {vuo} mean there? I'd have expected {zie}. Or maybe {kanlvuo}, ocularly-ukrainian? > .i mi mitre lipazeji'imu gi'e ki'ogra lixaji'imu Enjoy that kerfa and lixajiimu while you can. It doesn't last. > lo banske .i mi pu tadni ca'o lo nanca remei lo cmacyske .iku'i mi > steba gi'esemu'ibo sisti ca lenu mi co'a jimpe ledu'u mi selzdi lenu > cilre le vrici bangu noi so'ecu'o tcefange gi'ebazibo co'a tadni lo > banske "the sundry languages that are most probably very strange and soon study glottology"? Does that {gie (ba zi bo)} necessarily terminate the noi clause? > .i ku'i le mi dansu kansa co'a kansa na'ebo mi Shd it be {le mi dansu kansa cu coa kansa}? > .i mi nunxeldraco kelci I'd have thought {nu xe draci} and {nu draci} are synonymous and that therefore {nundraci} is preferable. The only difference is that I'd expect x2 and x6 of {nundraci} and {nunxeldraci} to be swapped. > .i mi kelci lo selcpa karda po'u la djixad. Cards called Djixad? I thought that was what lei muslo wage against the forces of light. Is that what you name your cards? coo, mie noi friko ninmu tordu marksista kuo and