From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET Sat Mar 6 22:58:57 2010 Reply-To: "Jorge J. Llambias" Sender: Lojban list Date: Mon Dec 02 10:10:38 1996 From: "Jorge J. Llambias" Subject: Re: short joke X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-UIDL: 6c1dccd61141cb2d8caf55454f8aae1b X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 773 X-From-Space-Date: Mon Dec 02 10:10:38 1996 X-From-Space-Address: - Message-ID: la reneis cusku di'e >Herman Finkers is a dutch comedian, who once told the following story: > >lei remna pujeca na'e .oiro'i nuntirna jimpe fi lemi selcusku >isemu'ibo mi puki klama le nunbacru ctuca mikce >i mi cusku <jimpe fi lemi selcusku li'u>> >i <> se cusku ny. i <melbi tcima li'u>> i u'isai >(Should I use ny. or my. to refer to "nunbacru ctuca mikce"? I would use my, but I don't remember us having a fixed rule yet. >And would it be better to use a lujvo here?) As you like. I prefer the tanru, which is very clear. (I think you should say {na'e ke nuntirna jimpe}, otherwise {na'e} only negates the {nuntirna} bit.) >co'o mi'e reneis co'o mi'e xorxes