From lojban-out@lojban.org Sat Feb 09 09:07:44 2008 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Received: (qmail 36533 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2008 17:07:43 -0000 X-Received: from unknown (66.218.67.95) by m36.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 9 Feb 2008 17:07:43 -0000 X-Received: from unknown (HELO mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net) (69.17.117.9) by mta16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Feb 2008 17:07:43 -0000 X-Received: (qmail 22765 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2008 17:07:40 -0000 X-Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 9 Feb 2008 17:07:40 -0000 X-Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JNtAu-000863-KZ for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:07:39 -0800 X-Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.66.169]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JNtAN-00081w-K6; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:07:08 -0800 X-Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:06:03 -0800 (PST) X-Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JNt9O-00081j-Ap for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:06:02 -0800 X-Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com ([209.85.146.181]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JNt9J-00081O-RU for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:06:01 -0800 X-Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m16so1043785waf.20 for ; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:05:55 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.114.121.1 with SMTP id t1mr7056148wac.55.1202576755203; Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:05:55 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.114.102.17 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Feb 2008 09:05:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <964b1fbe0802090905h45c9575awa1bb8d5abe9cb122@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2008 19:05:55 +0200 In-Reply-To: <97f5058c0802090838k38beef7arec3e6220db49a91d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <97f5058c0802090838k38beef7arec3e6220db49a91d@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 14162 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: todurov@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 69.17.117.9 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "Elmo Todurov" From: "Elmo Todurov" Reply-To: todurov@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: Potentiality X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=7WbPPlch9y2q_It2_ShPXjC_AzaDMioguZa8mmNQ1emtghfmVg X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 28646 On 2/9/08, Penguino wrote: > In English, there is a subtle, and grammatically confusing, distinction > between the sentences "John is a potential student", which means that John > might become a student in the future, and "John is potentially a student", > which means that John might or might not be a student now. > > How is this distinction made in Lojban? [la djan. ka'e binxo lo tadni] seems > right for the first sentence; is it right to use [ka'e] for the second: [la > djan. ka'e tadni]? I like your first sentence. However, I'd say la .djan. cumki tadni for the second. 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.