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Re: [lojban] Phrases for language learners



In a message dated 8/17/2002 6:38:07 AM Central Daylight Time, Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de writes:


I
have difficulty imagining a sentence which is simultaneously a command and a
question.


But all questions are commands ("Tell me the answer.")  Still, a questiona and another command are a bit hard to figure, unless the question is indirect: "Tell me what the answer is," which does not apply in the present case, even though the command is to supply the {ma}d slot.

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