From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri May 16 03:14:44 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 16 May 2003 10:14:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 34361 invoked from network); 16 May 2003 10:14:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 May 2003 10:14:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 May 2003 10:14:38 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19GcEY-0007AG-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 16 May 2003 03:14:38 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19GcDY-00079q-00; Fri, 16 May 2003 03:13:36 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 16 May 2003 03:13:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postman1.arcor-online.net ([151.189.0.187] helo=postman.arcor.de) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19Gc9k-00078h-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 16 May 2003 03:09:40 -0700 Received: from hamwpne1 (pc1-oxfd1-5-cust27.oxfd.cable.ntl.com [62.254.134.27]) (authenticated bits=0) by postman.arcor.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4GA9Wpo021526 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 12:09:33 +0200 (MEST) Organization: datenrevision GmbH & Co. OHG To: lojban-list@lojban.org Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 12:08:58 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [lojban] Re: le lalxu daplu pe la .inisfris. Message-ID: <3EC4D4DA.5930.7E0D68@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: References: <20030514161316.19351.qmail@web20508.mail.yahoo.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-description: Mail message body X-archive-position: 5301 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pnewton@gmx.de Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: "Philip Newton" From: "Philip Newton" Reply-To: pnewton@gmx.de X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 19781 On 16 May 2003 at 3:40, sshiskom wrote: > On the other hand, what is {bu'u ibu}? Isn't {ibu} a letteral > for "i"? Yes. But lerfu can also be used as pro-sumti; if they are not explicitly assigned with {goi}, they are, by convention, taken to refer to "the most recent sumti whose name or description begins in Lojban with that lerfu". See http://www.lojban.org/publications/reference_grammar/chapter17.html#s9 Hence, {.ibu} could reasonably refer to {la .Inisfris}. mu'o mi'e .filip. -- Philip Newton