From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:59:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 23177 invoked from network); 1 Nov 1996 23:12:35 -0000 Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 1 Nov 1996 23:12:34 -0000 Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.F9322E90@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Sat, 2 Nov 1996 0:12:18 +0100 Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 22:50:30 GMT Reply-To: ia@stryx.demon.co.uk Sender: Lojban list From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: CONLANG: LISP representation of "deep structure" To: LOJBAN%CUVMB.bitnet@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Content-Length: 621 Lines: 21 Message-ID: In message <846858678.7805.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG writes: > > > "The cat runs up the tree" > > (((up tree) run) (the cat)) > > [how would you put this into past tense?] > > Lojban treats the destination of running > as a place, so > > bajra klama fa le mlatu le trice > runningly goes (subj) the cat the tree As Don Wiggins pointed out on conlang, this means "runs to the tree". I suggest bajra cpare fa le mlatu le trice [le gapru] or sutra cpare fa le mlatu le trice [le gapru] -- Iain Alexander ia@stryx.demon.co.uk I.Alexander@bra0125.wins.icl.co.uk