Re: [lojban] Re: Alice - the xorlo version

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 24 September 2010 18:00:13 Luke Bergen wrote:
> ah, you're right with regard to alice.  But as a side note, is that really
> true?  If I say {mi te pinka fo no da} I would think that I was saying "I
> make a comment to nobody", that is, I am making some comment but am not
> addressing anybody with it.  It is making an assertion that I am making a
> comment and that that comment is addressed to nobody.

"mi te pinka fo noda" means "I'm not making a comment to anybody". "mi te 
pinka fo lo nomei" (or "...fo lo nonpre") means "I'm making a comment to no 
one".

Pierre
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