From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Fri Feb 28 13:08:34 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18ork3-0005KE-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:27 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:27 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228210827.GB17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030228185013.GW17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 4243 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:50:40PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:23:55PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >> > > mi nitcu da. Let's start with that. Do you at least agree that > >> > > there isn't a specific thing which I mean that I need? > >> > > >> > Absolutely not. > >> > > >> > mi nitcu da == There exists an X such that I need it. > >> > > >> > X could be *VERY* specific. Say the x3 of nitcu is le nu cikre > >> > le mi karce poi finti de'i li pa so no ze ... > >> > >> Great, five posts in a row all expressing the same idea. > > >Yep. Just like your 3 or 4 or whatever. > > >> So, you think da is specific, do you? I can't work with you. Carry > >> on. > > >Straight out of the book: > > >4.2) da poi prenu zo'u da viska la djim. > > There-is-an-X which is-a-person : X sees Jim. > > Someone sees Jim. > > But if you ask for da poi prenu zo'u da viska la djim to become true, > you won't care who sees Jim, right? Tell me how to ask for that in lojban, and I'll see about answering the question. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi