Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:04:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1D6wZ8-0000Dp-9F for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:04:58 -0800 Received: from web41903.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.154]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.44) id 1D6wZ5-0000DK-Ts for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:04:58 -0800 Received: (qmail 26124 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Mar 2005 20:04:25 -0000 Message-ID: <20050303200424.26122.qmail@web41903.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41903.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:04:24 PST Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:04:24 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: personal pronouns To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org In-Reply-To: <200503031932.j23JWhTd003191@mole.e-mol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "chain.digitalkingdom.org", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: --- Matt Arnold wrote: > Is {do'o} a plural "you" like the Spanish "usted"? Or is it only to be used > when some of those it refers to are not among the listener(s)? "Usted" is the formal singular you. Plural, both formal and informal in Latin America, is "ustedes". In Spain they use "vosotros" for informal. [...] Content analysis details: (-2.4 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-archive-position: 1198 X-Approved-By: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar 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: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 639 --- Matt Arnold wrote: > Is {do'o} a plural "you" like the Spanish "usted"? Or is it only to be used > when some of those it refers to are not among the listener(s)? "Usted" is the formal singular you. Plural, both formal and informal in Latin America, is "ustedes". In Spain they use "vosotros" for informal. {do} can be used when speaking to more than one person. {do'o} includes someone else not directly addressed, though they could be present. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/