Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 20:49:55 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199710150149.UAA13993@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: HACKER G N Sender: Lojban list From: HACKER G N Subject: Re: RV: na'e entails na? X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <0EI2002SJ1XPPJ@newcastle.edu.au> X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 833 Lines: 20 On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, And Rosta wrote: > Suppose a couple are lying in bed > > > discussing what kind of hankypanky they want to get up to, > > > e.g. (a) spondoogling, (b) frothspeasing, (c) urxing, or [INC OR] > > > (d) suppigulation. One says to the other "I would very much > > > enjoy that you na`e suppigulate me", which would mean > > > "I would enjoy that you spondoogle me and I would enjoy that > > > you frothspease me and I would enjoy that you urx me". > > > > No, that's not correct. If you na'e suppigulate someone, you could > > EITHER > > be spondoogling them, OR frothspeasing them OR urxing them. > > The disjunction is within the scope of "I would enjoy": > "I would enjoy that you spondoogle or frothspease or urx me". OK, upon rereading the sentence I can see how you meant that. :) Geoff