Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 82611 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2004 18:18:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Jul 2004 18:18:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Jul 2004 18:18:45 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1Bo4cy-0002cX-2G for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:18:40 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1Bo4bt-0002ab-66; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:17:33 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:17:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1Bo4bh-0002aI-E0; Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:17:21 -0700 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 11:17:21 -0700 Message-ID: <20040723181721.GF1876@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040523i X-archive-position: 8295 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-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] ge'a usage X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22717 Content-Length: 998 Lines: 25 Apropos of very little, it turns out that "ge'a" can be used in prefix mekso, as well as infix and postfix. This is important, because it turns out that "ge'a" can be used almost like "cu"; what it means is "Look out! Here comes the next mekso argument!". "li pi'i re ge'a pa" is an obviously pointless example (you could use "boi" and save yourself a syllable), but *believe* *me* when I say that having a cmavo that *always* means "end the current argument, regardless of terminators" is very, very nice, for exactly the same reason that being able to use "cu" instead of whatever terminators one might need in its place is very nice. I discovered this whilst reviewing my integral in "What Is Lojban?", which, by the way, is wrong. All that has to be done to fix it is put "vei" after "ri'o", though, because "ge'a" will close even "vei". -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!"