Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA22822 for ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 01:39:57 +0200 Message-Id: <199512122339.BAA22822@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id FDCF8C2D ; Wed, 13 Dec 1995 0:39:57 +0100 Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 18:38:21 -0500 Reply-To: Jorge Llambias Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: PLI: length vs longness X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu, jorge@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 624 Lines: 26 la dn cusku di'e > > do xabju ti ze'a ma > > .i di'u tcexau .i mi danfu lu le mu purlamnanca li'u .i.iepei i pe'i xagmau fa lu lei mu purlamnanca li'u i ku'i le do danfu cu drani ji'a i do cusku le du'u ge do xabju ti ze'a le pamoi purlamnanca gige do go'i ze'a le remoi purlamnanca gi go'i ze'a le cimoi li'o ito zo danfu na mintu zo spuda toi > If I add tense markers to these bridi: > > .i ze'a ma do puvi xabju > How long >did< you live here? > > .i ze'a ma do ba stali > How long >are you going to be< staying? > > that is the action is not tied to the present. i ie drani co'o mi'e xorxes