From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Tue Nov 25 09:57:00 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:57:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41902.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.153]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AOhQk-0003jt-O7 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:56:54 -0800 Message-ID: <20031125175623.44487.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41902.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:56:23 PST Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:56:23 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban] Re: Is srana symmetrical? To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20031125174430.37349.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 6778 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 Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --- Jorge Llambías wrote: > --- John Cowan wrote: > > As Master Sorcerer Seamus O Lochlainn points out in the Randall Garrett > > mystery _Too Many Magicians_, it's not relevant to a gun which bullets it > > has fired, as the wear on a gun is primarily mechanical; but it is very > > relevant to a bullet which gun fired it -- a point extremely important > > to forensic ballistics whether thaumaturgical or not. > > How would we say that in Lojban? > > lo ka ce'u ba'o cecla makau cu na srana lo cecla iku'i > lo ka makau ba'o cecla ce'u cu ja'asai srana lo se cecla > "What it has fired is not relevant to a gun, but > what has fired it is very relevant to a bullet." On further thought, it should be {le mokau} instead of {makau}, because what matters or not is "which" rather than "what". mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/