[lojban-beginners] Re: (no subject)

[melissa@fastanimals.com]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 02:35:50PM -0600, melissa@fastanimals.com wrote:
> > These syntactically senseless sentences are possible in English and
> > Spanish, and I seem to recall that they're possible in Swahili as well
> > (although my Swahili is quite rusty).  I suspect that they are
> > possible in any natural language.
> 
> I think you're confused about the word 'possible'.

No, I'm not confused about the meaning of a simple and common word in my
native language.  I'm neither an idiot nor an ignoramus.  

 
> "mi co klama gerku" is completely invalid Lojban.  It is invalid in
> exactly the same way (in terms of being a syntactic invalidity) that "I
> die you" is invalid in English.

I'll take your word for this being invalid Lobjan.  If the co can't work 
there then my question is answered, albeit indirectly.

 
> However, it's still just a series of sounds, so it is of course
> *possible* to say it.

That's not really germane.  We can make many series of sounds, but that 
doesn't really have anything to do with a language's grammar or syntax.

Thanks for the help.

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mylisys XOLynswyrt
mi tadni la lojban