Lojban translation of English "we"

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 11/8/2005 4:21:57 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> is there an EXACT translation of English pronoun "we"
> (the semantics of which is something like:
> me, the speaker, and AT LEAST one other person somehow related to me)?
>
> neither mi, nor mi'e do fit:
>
> mi        
> KOhA3    
> me
> pro-sumti: me/we the speaker(s)/author(s); identified by self-vocative
>
> mi'a
> KOhA3
> we, not you
> pro-sumti: me/we the speaker(s)/author(s) & others unspecified, but not you, the listener
>
>
> we can see from these definitions that both mi and mi'a could mean "me", which is far from what "we" means :)


The words which can mean 'we' in Lojban are:
mi = 1st person (singular or plural)
mi'o = 1st person + 2nd person (inclusive)
mi'a = 1st person + 3rd person (exclusive)
ma'a = 1st person + 2nd person + 3rd person

I'd say "ma'a" is the closest to "we".  The others are more specific.

stevo