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 MAA00388 for ; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:39:13 -0500 Message-Id: <199602031739.MAA00388@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 CAA200AA ; Sat, 3 Feb 1996 12:08:28 -0500 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: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 837 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Feb 3 12:39:16 1996 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU >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