From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Sat May 10 20:55:15 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 11 May 2003 03:55:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 17496 invoked from network); 11 May 2003 03:53:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 May 2003 03:53:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 May 2003 03:53:12 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 19Ehtf-0001Lr-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 10 May 2003 20:53:11 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19Ehsm-0001KO-00; Sat, 10 May 2003 20:52:16 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 10 May 2003 20:52:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web20502.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.226.137]) by digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.12) id 19EhsZ-0001K2-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 10 May 2003 20:52:03 -0700 Message-ID: <20030511035200.4532.qmail@web20502.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.69.2.52] by web20502.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 10 May 2003 20:52:00 PDT Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 20:52:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [lojban] Re: grammar question in English and Lojban To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <200305102034.57024.phma@webjockey.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 5211 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Jorge "Llambías" Reply-To: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=142311107 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 19691 --- Pierre Abbat wrote: > In {ma'a po'o nitselzbi smani gi'e se birka lo tormau be lo tuple be vo'a}, > is > {vo'a} correct, or is the sentence comparing baboon etc. arms to human legs? I would say it is correct, as VOhA are supposed to be reflexives and reflexives work like that. To get the other meaning you should repeat {ma'a} instead of using {vo'a}. > .i ne'i zoi gy. We are the only catarrhines whose arms are shorter than *** > legs .gy ma .ei sumka'i posyvla gi'e basti zoi gy. *** .gy? i mi smadi tu'a zoi gy their [own] gy mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com