From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Mon Apr 22 23:38:38 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA11544 ; Mon, 22 Apr 96 23:38:37 BST Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 830202450:27102:0; Mon, 22 Apr 96 20:47:30 BST Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa26545; 22 Apr 96 20:46 +0100 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 7349; Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:46:21 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 3167; Mon, 22 Apr 96 15:46:00 EDT Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 14:26:08 -0400 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: Re: Question on questions X-To: Lojban List To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <830202401.26545.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R la brai,n. cusku di'e > Does "xu ma mi tavla" have any meaning in lojban? Something like "Is there someone who is talking to me? and who is that person?" > Likewise, what does "ma xu tavla" do (if anything)? Probably about the same, since setting the focus to a question word is pretty much like not setting it at all. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban