[lojban-beginners] Re: "I understand Lojban"

[robin <robin@bilkent.edu.tr>]

Evgeny Sklyanin wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:57:31 -0500, Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I understand Lojban.
> >
> > {mi jimpe fi lo jbobau} - doesn't quite seem to cut it, as it could
> > just as well mean that the speaker understands the ideas behind
> > Lojban, how it was devised, its history, (x3 = subject) without
> > necessarily understanding what's being said. So...
> >
> > {mi jimpe ca lo nu lo jbobau cu ve tavla} - "I understand when Lojban
> > is being spoken" ???
> >
> > .e'o ko sidju mi .i ki'e rodo .i fe'o mi'e .adam.
>
> coi .adam.
>
> How about
>
>    mi jimpe bau la lojban.

Wouldn't that mean that you understand something, and the language you 
understand it in is Lojban?

robin.tr

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Robin Turner
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