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 (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id PAA16449 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 15:11:17 +0200 Message-Id: <199602031311.PAA16449@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id F27BC19A ; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 14:11:17 +0100 Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 07:32:44 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: "except" X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 837 Lines: 24 >Another related word that I still don't know how to do in Lojban >is "even": > >That is important not only to the Irish. >(Important to the Irish and to others as well, the unexpected part >being that it is important to the others.) > >That is important even to the Irish. >(Important to the Irish and to others as well, the unexpected part >being that it is important to the Irish.) la'edi'u cu vajni lo sicko'o [bi'unai] .e loi drata bi'u la'edi'u cu vajni lo na'e sicko'o [bi'unai] .e loi drata bi'u Though I think I would use those exact phrasings only in constrast to each other. More likely the following would be sufficient: la'edi'u cu vajni loi sicko'o .eji'a loi drata la'edi'u cu vajni loi ji'a sicko'o I considered trying a version based on ra'ucu'i, but am not sure it fits the semantics of the given example. lojbab