From sentto-44114-1937-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Sun Feb 06 03:52:28 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 16614 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2000 03:52:26 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 6 Feb 2000 03:52:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 9246 invoked by uid 40001); 6 Feb 2000 03:54:20 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 9243 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2000 03:54:19 -0000 Received: from fk.egroups.com (208.48.218.17) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 6 Feb 2000 03:54:19 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-1937-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.36] by fk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 06 Feb 2000 03:54:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 4876 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2000 03:54:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.10.36 with QMQP; 6 Feb 2000 03:54:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO locke.ccil.org) (192.190.237.102) by mta1.onelist.com with SMTP; 6 Feb 2000 03:54:15 -0000 Received: (from cowan@localhost) by locke.ccil.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA08785 for lojban@onelist.com; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:09:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200002060409.XAA08785@locke.ccil.org> To: lojban@onelist.com In-Reply-To: from "Richard Curnow" at Feb 5, 0 11:14:56 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@onelist.com; contact lojban-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@onelist.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:09:38 -0500 (EST) From: John Cowan Subject: Re: [lojban] 'nai' and .UI and ambiguity Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: John Cowan Richard Curnow scripsit: > I think the nai binds as closely as possible, in this case to the UI > indicator. Yes. "nai" always binds to the previous word. > If you need to force the end of a UI so that nai binds to the > thing the UI qualifies, you can stick "y" after the UI, e.g > > broda je ge'e y nai brode > > I don't know whether this is the 'official' solution though! No, that doesn't work: the nai binds to the "y", which is in effect the same as binding it to the "ge'e". Short of using an eraser cmavo, once you have said "ge'e" it is simply too late to attach "nai" to the "je". -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Don’t buy your Valentine a Gift by clicking here. Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com