From lojban+bncCMGclZyxExCgwcvxBBoE7jUlBQ@googlegroups.com Fri Jul 29 09:32:49 2011 Received: from mail-vx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.220.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QmpzO-0004lZ-On; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:49 -0700 Received: by vxg38 with SMTP id 38sf1926002vxg.16 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=M+n5i4dlNn5THYDXYiBjfzZvx4vADYzgtEoybKIkd3o=; b=WK+mt/uDKEGTBLryWWjX+P/P9+lzvRKE8tsdD7KF+0Lh90V1A95bEDBbfYqyEqNtTt 3ejWJU+MQr7qEqetxueRr2UZIN//er/f3TIVaitdZGmvtNMVds/6huFog3d0+WvCaJCc rAwU/VHWLIj6ehyIlkVjcBZO8LdC0chR5TeIs= Received: by 10.220.193.9 with SMTP id ds9mr287177vcb.5.1311957152389; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:32 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.52.75.161 with SMTP id d1ls2423733vdw.3.gmail; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.88.161 with SMTP id bh1mr358754vdb.8.1311957151512; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.88.161 with SMTP id bh1mr358753vdb.8.1311957151502; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vw0-f43.google.com (mail-vw0-f43.google.com [209.85.212.43]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v20si2760971vdu.2.2011.07.29.09.32.31 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of escaaape@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.43 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.212.43; Received: by vws10 with SMTP id 10so3747202vws.2 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.98.226 with SMTP id el2mr128595vdb.89.1311957151348; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.186.231 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:32:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1311956183.91337.YahooMailRC@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <201107191408.50207.phma@phma.optus.nu> <1311780839.58357.YahooMailRC@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1311870454.18589.YahooMailRC@web81304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1311886424.23009.YahooMailRC@web81305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1311956183.91337.YahooMailRC@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:32:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Gerunds, infinitives and other technicalities From: Escape Landsome To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: escaaape@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of escaaape@gmail.com designates 209.85.212.43 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=escaaape@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 If a tanru construction is the whole thing, and the glue, an unspecified semantic or pragmatic link, then, wouldn't the tanru of (quest AND question AND questioning) suffice to get the term ? If I was to explain by a periphrase the way quest questions and questioning are related and tied together in "the Question", I may verily capture the meaning of it and create a big lojbanic word that express the meaning of it, but the trouble, you see, is that this very big word should be the length of the whole book... -- .esk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en.