Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 22:38:21 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711140338.WAA01247@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: Re: kau X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 805 X-From-Space-Date: Thu Nov 13 22:38:31 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU And Rosta wrote: > Can someone tell me where {kau} is discussed in Woldemar? - Or > if not, can someone tell me what it means? Chapter 8, Section 11. > I mean {kau} in general, not just after question words. "kau" can be used after non-question words, in which case the word it is attached to is suggested as the answer to the indirect question, as in "I wonder whether it was John who shot Alice", which uses "la djan. kau" What is not defined is the use of "kau" outside "du'u" abstractions. > I seem to recall that originally kau was introduced for some > more general purpose and only latterly became restricted > in usage as a marker of indirect questions. Not AFAIK. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban