Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 18:53:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801062353.SAA14612@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Sender: Lojban list From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Subject: Re: Knowledge & Belief X-To: lojban To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 494 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Jan 6 18:53:39 1998 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU la rob cusku di'e >So how would I say something like that? What would you use to build >a tanru meaning "to break into a conversation"? One possibility: snucmibi'o [casnu cmima binxo]: x1 becomes a member of those discussing x2 {da snucmibi'o de} = {da binxo le cmima be le casnu be de} But I would probably use a phrase rather than create such a specific lujvo. For instance: mi co'a pagbu le ca nu casnu I start being a part of the current discussion. co'o mi'e xorxes