Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:17:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail3.bluewin.ch ([195.186.1.75]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18mh1A-00049B-00 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:17:08 -0800 Received: from oemcomputer (62.202.156.44) by mail3.bluewin.ch (Bluewin AG 6.7.015) id 3E105C8100633344 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Sat, 22 Feb 2003 21:17:05 +0000 Message-ID: <001c01c2dab7$9bb20240$2c9cca3e@oemcomputer> From: "G. Dyke" To: References: <200302220519.h1M5Jfs6000898@miriam.letu.edu> <000e01c2da8f$67e5ff20$659903d5@oemcomputer> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: sumti looping Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2003 22:16:02 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-archive-position: 176 X-Approved-By: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 435 cu'u mi > > > duh! No they don't loop (as Adam and Robin) pointed out. The grammar can not account for the various semantics of the brivla. In: {ko'a te broda fu ko'e ko'i ko'o} it is important that ko'X fill the same place regardless of how many places {broda} has. Just as: {mi blanu do leka ce'u na prami la buc.} is grammatically correct although nonsensical mi'e greg mu'o