Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 06:17:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711211117.GAA10721@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: Indirect questions X-To: jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1032 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Nov 21 06:17:36 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Chiming in on a thread I haven't followed: >Do you mean something like: > > le nu mi cusku lu go'i li'u cu danfu lu xu do badri li'u > My saying "I am" is an answer to "Are you sad?". > >Or do you mean: > > le mi se cusku cu danfu lu xu do badri li'u > What I said is an answer to "Are you sad?". le nu mi cusku lu go'i li'u cu spuda/danfu da terpreti fi lu xu do badri li'u My saying "I am" is an answer to someone asking "Are you sad?" le mi se cusku cu danfu lu xu do badri li'u poi preti fi da What I said is an answer to "Are you sad?", asked by someone (of me). lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.