[lojban] Re: "Do you speak Lojban?"

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 02:12:01PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 09:54:48PM +0100, Zefram wrote:
> > > I'd favour {xu do cusku bau la lojban} or {xu do tavla fo la
> > > lojban}, depending on context.
> > 
> > I don't like either of those, because they are asking about
> > actuality and not capability (at least by default).  They'd both be
> > fine with ka'e, though.
> 
> Presumably the person asking that question is interested in actual
> speakers, not potential ones. They don't need to be speaking in lojban
> right now, but they do need to be actual (ca'a) speakers.

I apparently don't understand ka'e and ca'a.

My point was that I didn't want to ask "xu do ca ca'a cusku bau la
lojban".

-Robin

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