From rob@twcny.rr.com Tue May 29 19:04:00 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: rob@twcny.rr.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 30 May 2001 02:04:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 14171 invoked from network); 30 May 2001 02:03:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 30 May 2001 02:03:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.146) by mta2 with SMTP; 30 May 2001 02:03:59 -0000 Received: from mail1.twcny.rr.com (mail1-0 [24.92.226.74]) by mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.2/RoadRunner 1.03) with ESMTP id f4U22N016000 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:02:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from riff ([24.95.175.101]) by mail1.twcny.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:02:22 -0400 Received: from rob by riff with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 154vIN-0000GW-00 for ; Tue, 29 May 2001 22:01:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:01:11 -0400 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: Enemy [Was: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications Message-ID: <20010529220111.A963@twcny.rr.com> Reply-To: rob@twcny.rr.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: ; from jjllambias@hotmail.com on Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:47:33PM +0000 X-Is-It-Not-Nifty: www.sluggy.com From: Rob Speer X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 7354 On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:47:33PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > la rab spir di'e cusku > > > > >On "We have me the enemy and they are us," > > > >"We have met the enemy and they are ours" > > > i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o moi > > > i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o > > > >"... and he pertains to us." > > That's the old meaning of {me}. The current meaning (according > to The Book, see pg. 98) would give "...and they are us". Oh. So {du} is only to be used for mekso now? Furthermore, how long is it before {me} becomes taboo like {du} and we have to move on to something else? -- Rob Speer