From sentto-44114-3543-963256979-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Mon Jul 10 19:20:59 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 21461 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2000 19:20:58 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 10 Jul 2000 19:20:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 4043 invoked by uid 40001); 10 Jul 2000 19:23:06 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 4040 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2000 19:23:05 -0000 Received: from fk.egroups.com (208.50.144.73) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 10 Jul 2000 19:23:05 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3543-963256979-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.37] by fk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 10 Jul 2000 19:23:02 -0000 Received: (qmail 18451 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2000 19:22:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m3.onelist.org with QMQP; 10 Jul 2000 19:22:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (204.243.9.36) by mta1 with SMTP; 10 Jul 2000 19:22:58 -0000 Received: from reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@skunk.reutershealth.com [204.243.9.153]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA27875; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:22:40 -0400 (EDT) Sender: cowan@mail.reutershealth.com Message-ID: <396A2246.2D1350F0@reutershealth.com> Organization: Reuters Health Information X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686) X-Accept-Language: en To: Jorge Llambias , "lojban@onelist.com" References: <20000709153745.68690.qmail@hotmail.com> From: John Cowan MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:21:42 -0400 Subject: Re: "which?" (was: RE: [lojban] centripetality: subset vs component Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jorge Llambias wrote: > What would you use as [sumti]? In {le mlatu du ma}, the > speaker already has to know which cat they mean. I think that in a clarifying question, "le" need not imply that the speaker knows; it is probably enough if the listener (the original speaker) does. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 0% Introductory APR! Instant Approval! Aria Visa - get yours today. http://click.egroups.com/1/6035/4/_/17627/_/963256979/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com