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 PAA14384 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:03:28 -0400 Message-Id: <199604221903.PAA14384@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 D3A09DC7 ; Mon, 22 Apr 1996 15:07:03 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 11:48:50 -0700 Reply-To: Chris Bogart Sender: Lojban list X-UIDL: 830202117.000 From: Chris Bogart Subject: Re: Question on questions X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 532 Lines: 23 Content-Length: 502 Lines: 20 Content-Length: 471 Lines: 17 > Just curious: > > Does "xu ma mi tavla" have any meaning in lojban? I think so. It asks if someone is talking to me, and who that someone is. > Likewise, what does "ma xu tavla" do (if anything)? Is someone talking? Who is talking? I'm not entirely clear how you answer the "ma" question if the answer to the "xu" question is no. Maybe then it asks "ma na tavla"?? .i coi rodo mi xruti .i xu ma pu cpacu le mi se benji karda .i co'o mi'e kris