Received: from mail-yw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.213.61]:40076) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S2hdt-0000J3-Ai; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:24:27 -0800 Received: by yhkk25 with SMTP id k25sf3634994yhk.16 for ; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:24:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:references:user-agent :x-http-useragent: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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PDTaSExqYCHNUts/HdWKnuY2ZjAtKXZQM9Gd+Sn/bZo=; b=Pp5P1i6UVZBJFkRqOFg2x4GglIt3pnwcgd2MCqSDAuF+hJBSYZQWQrHaLvZ6JirD5l pzVzweS/g5ciKdVcDO5b2TVAsPiYurQqh0LuORXaJxFXD9IhI6kP9CI2K8pSE8kZzpbe BJxfCFA2xBJxNRiV7vZcu6sg2b0kt2EIWKRhg= Received: by 10.52.94.100 with SMTP id db4mr1389083vdb.10.1330514629443; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:23:49 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.52.88.105 with SMTP id bf9ls71681vdb.8.gmail; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:23:48 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.19.235 with SMTP id i11mr2554024vde.17.1330514628737; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:23:48 -0800 (PST) Received: by w4g2000vbc.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:23:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:23:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20175076.35.1329644296130.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynlt17> <20120229105535.00004f74@unknown> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.11 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/17.0.963.56 Safari/535.11,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <7f2049a8-84aa-4aff-833c-7e9726aa25bf@w4g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: questions about 'cu' From: ianek To: Lojban Beginners X-Original-Sender: janek37@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: ls.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of janek37@gmail.com designates internal as permitted sender) smtp.mail=janek37@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam_score: 0.0 X-Spam_score_int: 0 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 4671 Neither jbofi'e nor camxes accept {ca broda ca brode}, which would be the case if it were a possible tanru. http://camxes.lojban.org/?text=3Dloca= %20broda%20ca%20brode mu'o mi'e ianek On 29 Lut, 11:54, Patrick wrote: > Alright, I found it (I think). =A0CLL C 5, S 13, last sentence: =A0" Tens= e, > modal, and negation cmavo can appear only at the beginning of the selbri. > They cannot be embedded within it. " =A0That means that we can have our > descriptor of selma'o LE, followed by the slot for a PU cmavo (or, > technically, NA or modal or other tense cmavo), followed by exactly on > selbri, be it a tanru or just a single brivla. =A0That leads to A) an > unambiguous interpretation of "lo ca klama" as "the current goer", and B) > of "lo klama ca pinxe" as "the goer is currently drinking", =A0and C) of = "lo > ca klama ca pinxe" as "the current goer is currently drinking", since the > "ca pinxe" cannot be absorbed as part of the tanru. =A0Mystery solved. > > My reasoning is always potentially wrong, thanks for watching out for me > and keeping me straight, Mr. Abbat. =A0If I'm still wrong or uncited (as = good > as wrong) somewhere, please feel free to point it out again. =A0:D > > mi'e .tavic. .i mi sipna > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Patrick wrote: > > Well, so far I haven't managed to find anything which says the way I wr= ote > > it is wrong. =A0"LE PU broda" constructions and "LE broda PU brode" bot= h > > appear, with the meaning of the "LE PU broda" being equivalent to what = I > > said it would be individually (CLL C 10 12.12), and "LE broda PU brode" > > giving the meaning I said that fragment would have (CLL, C 6, 2.8), > > however, I haven't yet found any examples of the two types together > > (namely, "LE PU broda PU brode") and *why* that's unambiguous. =A0CLL C= 10 > > *does* say " The placement of a tense construct within a Lojban bridi i= s > > easy: right before the selbri. It goes immediately after the ``cu'', an= d > > can in fact always replace the ``cu'' (although in very complex sentenc= es > > the rules for eliding terminators may be changed as a result). " =A0I f= eel > > confident in thinking that what I wrote is both gramatically correct an= d > > conveyed the meaning I wanted it to, I'm just looking for how I'm right= . > > Will update again soon. > > > mi'e .tavic. > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Patrick wrote= : > > >> Hmm, I'm not sure. =A0There might have to still be a "cu" in there, bu= t I'm > >> not positive. =A0I think maybe you can't nest PU inside of tanru? =A0I= 'll get > >> back to you in a few minutes. =A0My disclaimer before I begin to find = out > >> just how wrong I am: =A0I'm very tired, and it's very late in my time = zone. > >> =A0Write again soon. > > >> mi'e .tavic. > > >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Klaus F. Abel wrote: > > >>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:07:58 -1000 > >>> Patrick wrote: > > >>> > Well, I wouldn't say that "ca" (or any of selma'o PU) can replace "= cu" > >>> > unambiguously. =A0Take the following sentence: > > >>> > lo ca klama ca pinxe > > >>> > In this case, the first "ca" attaches to the sumti to make it mean > >>> > something like "the one currently going", where the second "ca" > >>> attaches to > >>> > the selbri of the entire bridi, for a total meaning of "the one > >>> currently > >>> > going is currently drinking", possibly alluding to someone drinking > >>> while > >>> > driving or biking. > > >>> How do you identify "pinxe" as a selbri in this case at all, i.e. wha= t > >>> stops one from reading the whole "ca klama ca pinxe" as a tanru (rega= rdless > >>> of how it would make sense in translation)? Is this really ambiguous,= or > >>> just plain wrong (the selbri reading, I mean)? > > >>> Klaus > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.co= m. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@= googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= -beginners?hl=3Den.