Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 74280 invoked from network); 22 Mar 2006 16:31:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Mar 2006 16:31:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Mar 2006 16:31:53 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FM6CP-0006gz-3r for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:28:41 -0800 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FM6BQ-0006fn-RM; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:42 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FM6Az-0006fb-4c for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:13 -0800 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.196]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FM6Av-0006fT-CQ for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:12 -0800 Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id f1so202195nzc for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.36.148.1 with SMTP id v1mr704067nzd; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.27 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:27:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:27:08 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200603221115.38252.phma@phma.optus.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_17486_7841444.1143044828040" References: <06bc01c64dc3$3be85080$a0d2400a@caroe1> <200603221115.38252.phma@phma.optus.nu> X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-archive-position: 11216 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "Matt Arnold" From: "Matt Arnold" Reply-To: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: A comment on one of my jboselkei translations X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=RcfThNBOe9FgudPM96TlXA6M9V9hxGc6yGK-gSCARtQdSjer8g X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 25626 Content-Length: 1469 Lines: 39 ------=_Part_17486_7841444.1143044828040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 3/22/06, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > > I also didn't think that a past tense tag was necessary because of the > {ca > > le cabycerni} tense sumti. Am I wrong? > > It isn't necessary. It isn't necessary even without it; tense is optional > in > Lojban. > Tense is optional in texts written originally in Lojban, but the English to be translated was asking for it. -epkat ------=_Part_17486_7841444.1143044828040 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On 3/22/06, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

> I also didn't think that a past tense tag was necessary because of= the {ca
> le cabycerni} tense sumti. Am I wrong?

It isn't nec= essary. It isn't necessary even without it; tense is optional in
Lojban.

Tense is optional in texts written originally in = Lojban, but the English to be translated was asking for it.
-epkat

------=_Part_17486_7841444.1143044828040--