From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Nov 13 16:56:05 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 52170 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2003 00:56:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.167) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Nov 2003 00:56:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2003 00:56:05 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1AKSFQ-00005g-94 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:55:40 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1AKSEm-000053-BV; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:55:00 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:54:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.22) id 1AKSEN-00004u-KN for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:54:35 -0800 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:54:35 -0800 Subject: [lojban] Re: cfari Message-ID: <20031114005434.GL15718@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> <20031114010405.GA43646@allusion.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031114010405.GA43646@allusion.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-archive-position: 6661 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 X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21142 On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:04:05PM -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote: > 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? 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. > > As cowan says, you need a do'u. > > This is neccesary because otherwise you wouldn't be able to say > things like the (extreemly frequent on irc) "coi rodo". coi itself is the *only* word I've seen get used properly in COI that I can recall. -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