Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:40:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712121640.LAA07806@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Carl Burke Sender: Lojban list From: Carl Burke Subject: Re: Bite me? X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 572 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Dec 12 11:40:48 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU At 11:01 AM 12/12/97 -0500, you wrote: ... >.e'u ko ga'i batci .o'ase'i .iacu'i >I think the self-centeredness of the attitudinals makes it unnecessary >to say what is to be bitten, especially since it really isn't clear that >the speaker wants an actual bite to occur to his personage. The .e'u on >the beginning is probably optional. Attitudinals may be the right way to handle this, but I'm not sure that these are the right ones. I'm completely out of touch with this part of the language. It's an interesting approach... Thanks! -- Carl Burke cburke@mitre.org