Re: [lojban-beginners] ma poi / noi ...

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

2011/2/13 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> On Thursday 10 February 2011 16:28:49 tijlan wrote:
>> Which one is better for the interrogative "which ....": "poi" or
>> "noi"? For example:
>>
>> Which car do you use?
>> do pilno ma ___ karce
>
> "poi".

I think "do pilno ma poi karce" would expect an answer like "lo
marce", i.e. something more general than cars that can be restricted
to cars:  "mi pilno lo marce poi karce", "I use a vehicle which is a
car".

> "do pilno ma noi karce" I can answer with anything that I use, but if
> it's not a car, you asked the question wrong.

But the answer has to take into account the full form of the question,
so I would say it's the answer that is wrong, not the question. I
think the question is just slightly odd in that it doesn't seem to
have very natural answers.

 

 

  Not necessarily.  The answer could be "ta", accompnaied by a point.  Or "le xunre".  Those both work.   Or even "no da".

 

> "lo karce poi mo" and "lo karce
> po'u ma" and "lo mo karce" are also good; the answers to "mo" will be
> different from those to "ma". "lo ma karce" is "Whose car?".

Yes, "lo ma karce" is closer to "Whose car?", but not exactly the
same, since "ma" could be any sumti, not just a reference to a person,
so you could answer "lo ma karce" with "lo spofu tergu'i". "Which
car?" "The one with the broken light".

 

            --gejyspa

 

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