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RE: "which?" (was: RE: [lojban] centripetality: subset vs component
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
>
> la and cusku di'e
>
> > > It is not {mo} that makes the difference. It is the article.
> >
> >Maybe the answer should just be {blabi}, then?
>
> The wanted answer is exactly the same sentence with {mo}
> replaced by an informative brivla.
The convention in answering Q-word questions, though, is to
give only the replacement for the Q-word. Thus a typical
question with "ma" will be answered with a sumti, and a question
with "mo" will be answered with a selbri. A full bridi
answer would be taken to override (parts of) the question:
la lojban. mo
du la loglan.
What is Lojban?
It is Loglan.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant
le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux,
de rapport nyait pas. -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit"