Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 16:11:03 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802202111.QAA11677@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: Translation Exercise (from ConLang) X-To: dwiggins@BFSEC.BT.CO.UK X-cc: conlang@diku.dk, lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-UIDL: ac19212cfd2d62a4336e52ff173a7053 X-Mozilla-Status: 8011 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Feb 20 17:00:44 1998 X-From-Space-Address: - >la djulian. fu di'e fanxa > >> le nanmu goi by. > >I think that 'goi' can only be used with the KOhA series. '.abu' and 'by.' >can > just be used without assignment. But there is no restriction against assigning them using "goi" and I would consider this reasonable, especially if there are multiple plausible referents for .abu and by. If djef is talking to djim, and I want to use a pronoun for each of them, I can use goi to assign them to ko'a and ko'e or to fy. and my. (based on final consonant, since "dy" would be ambiguous). If I just used fy. or my. without assigning them, I would expect confusion; likewise if I used dy. lojbab