Re: mine, thine, hisn, hern, itsn ourn, yourn and theirn (was[lojban] si'o)

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Nick Nicholas wrote:


> Btw, there are two quite substantial chunks of Lojban in my 'retractions
> Part 2' message. Yet to see anyone even respond to them, let alone comment
> on their usage... (Does that mean my usage doesn't decide anything? :-)


I will! I have yet to have the sort of uninterrupted block of time I need!



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