From MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Mon Feb 23 13:34:02 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:34:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from imo-r06.mx.aol.com ([152.163.225.102]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AvNi9-0006O1-7e for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 13:33:57 -0800 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-r06.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.14.) id d.1a1.20d23410 (4004) for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:33:53 -0500 (EST) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <1a1.20d23410.2d6bcbc1@wmconnect.com> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 16:33:53 EST Subject: [lojban] russian "po"; BAI To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_1a1.20d23410.2d6bcbc1_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 12 X-archive-position: 7132 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_1a1.20d23410.2d6bcbc1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jon Stevenson writes: And in Russian, the preposition "po" can mean apparently just about > anything. > > hmmm, in over 25 years of knowing russian, i never had that feeling, and still don't. russian "po" has lots of meanings, but they are still precise meanings, not interchangeable with other prepositions. one of the advantages of selmaho BAI is that the words in BAI usually have a direct connection to a brivla with the intended meaning, and so they are easier to learn and remember. stevo --part1_1a1.20d23410.2d6bcbc1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jon Stevenson <steve203@msu.edu> writes:


And in Russian, the preposition "po" can mean apparently just about=20

anything.



hmmm, in over 25 years of knowing russian, i never had that feeling, and= still don't.  russian "po" has lots of meanings, but they are still pr= ecise meanings, not interchangeable with other prepositions.  one of th= e advantages of selmaho BAI is that the words in BAI usually have a direct c= onnection to a brivla with the intended meaning, and so they are easier to l= earn and remember.
stevo --part1_1a1.20d23410.2d6bcbc1_boundary--