From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Thu Nov 13 12:29:02 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:29:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1AKO5K-0004E8-6a for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:28:58 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:28:58 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: cfari Message-ID: <20031113202858.GA15718@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20031112230539.GJ4805@digitalkingdom.org> <20031113150545.26970.qmail@web41901.mail.yahoo.com> <20031113194942.GL1086@digitalkingdom.org> <20031113202513.GF15777@skunk.reutershealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031113202513.GF15777@skunk.reutershealth.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 6649 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 Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 03:25:13PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > > > Those of you without time/ability to read the Lojban might might > > the topic interesting: xorxes was pointing out four places where > > I used a COI cmavo as though it was UI (i.e., without following > > it with a name). xorxes expressed his desire for COI cmavo to > > actually grammatically be like UI cmavo (which I'm inclined to > > agree with). > > Well, UI binds to the previous word. Is that what you were doing? Nope. > It's certainly grammatical to have COI by itself now, although you > need an explicit "do'u" if the next thing is a name or sumti. That was the issue. ".i fi'isai mi gleki le nu do cilre la .lojban." Doesn't meant what I wanted it to mean. What about "je'e pe'u mi broda"? Does the je'e grab anything? -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui