From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Dec 18 12:05:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Received: (qmail 6883 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2007 20:05:36 -0000 X-Received: from unknown (66.218.67.94) by m49.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Dec 2007 20:05:36 -0000 X-Received: from unknown (HELO mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net) (69.17.117.5) by mta15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2007 20:05:36 -0000 X-Received: (qmail 13174 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2007 20:05:35 -0000 X-Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 18 Dec 2007 20:05:35 -0000 X-Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J4ih0-0002JF-G7 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:05:32 -0800 X-Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J4igL-0002DD-0q; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:04:55 -0800 X-Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:03:48 -0800 (PST) X-Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J4ifL-0002D7-Sk for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:03:48 -0800 X-Received: from pi.meson.org ([66.134.26.207]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J4ifH-0002Ck-4l for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:03:47 -0800 X-Received: (qmail 6624 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2007 15:03:38 -0500 X-Received: from nagas.meson.org (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (1000@192.168.1.101) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 18 Dec 2007 15:03:38 -0500 Message-ID: <4768279A.4060101@kli.org> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:03:38 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <737b61f30712181039r134bca55v908d10e8be1323be@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560712181117k3d8ee116yab87e6e27d6d6361@mail.gmail.com> <3ccac5f10712181136w76664b5drdd962b2c9f12df97@mail.gmail.com> <47682208.20803@perpetuum-immobile.de> <476825A7.1080602@kli.org> <4768265E.20304@perpetuum-immobile.de> In-Reply-To: <4768265E.20304@perpetuum-immobile.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -0.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14039 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mark@kli.org X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -0.1 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 69.17.117.5 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "Mark E. Shoulson" From: "Mark E. Shoulson" Reply-To: mark@kli.org Subject: [lojban] Re: SVO order X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=yQP1YkK3U3QEQL446ByLR70tEIvNWmPsLe7C0ZviXWbjimCWqQ X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 28519 Timo Paulssen wrote: > Mark E. Shoulson wrote: > >> For example, in the sentence "Fred is a doctor," >> the subject is "Fred" and the predicate is "is a doctor" ("a doctor" >> being a predicate nominative, and part of the predicate) whereas the >> verb is "is." >> > > isn't is only an auxilliary verb anyway? or am i confusing stuff with > german? ;) > I thought auxiliary verb referred to "is" in its role in sentences like "Fred is climbing," where the predicate adjective, "climbing," is really the verb of the sentence, linked in by the "is." But in any case, so what? So it's an auxiliary verb. It's still the verb. ~mark To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.