Received: from spooler by stryx.demon.co.uk (Mercury/32 v2.01); 1 Jun 98 00:03:29 +0000 Return-path: Received: from punt-11.mail.demon.net (194.217.242.34) by stryx.demon.co.uk (Mercury/32 v2.01); 1 Jun 98 00:03:22 +0000 Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 896540307:10:12292:0; Sat, 30 May 98 14:58:27 GMT Received: from listserv.cuny.edu ([128.228.100.10]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1100055; 30 May 98 14:58 GMT Received: from listserv (listserv.cuny.edu) by listserv.cuny.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <3.FF9D2E8E@listserv.cuny.edu>; Sat, 30 May 1998 10:59:57 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 10:56:56 -0400 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: ko ko kurji X-To: cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <896540303.1155.0@listserv.cuny.edu> X-PMFLAGS: 33554560 7 Content-Length: 907 Lines: 24 >> I wonder if it would >> have been useful to be able to make other prosumti imperative, >> i.e. "Make me speak in Lojban" would be "?? tavla fo la lojban", >> where ?? is an imperative version of "mi". How would this be >> expressed in Lojban at the moment? "ko xlura mi lenu mi tavla >> fo la lojban", or something similar? > >Sounds good to me. You can also say "ko zo'u mi tavla fo la lojban.", >using the topic-comment construction, but your version is clearer. The way Ihave taught for this is doi mi [do'u] ko tavla fo la lojban or mi po'u ko tavla la lojban lojbab