Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 08:41:52 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802241341.IAA17356@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Don Wiggins Sender: Lojban list From: Don Wiggins Subject: Re: Translation Exercise (from ConLang) X-To: "lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu" To: John Cowan X-UIDL: 4f47f927bdf6b51f63e0ec536601b8c7 X-Mozilla-Status: 8013 X-From-Space-Date: Tue Feb 24 09:54:47 1998 X-From-Space-Address: - la djan. di'e cusku >> Is it possible to use compounds e.g. AB as '.abuby.' or do these always >> decompose into into '.abu' 'by.'? > >Yes and yes. They do decompose, but this does not matter, because >anywhere that a letteral is acceptable (except after "zo" and the >like), a string of letterals is acceptable too. For instance, if I say: .i .abuby. viska Does this mean "A saw B" or "AB saw something unspecified"?