From thinkit8@lycos.com Sat Oct 13 04:05:59 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: thinkit8@lycos.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 13 Oct 2001 11:05:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 92873 invoked from network); 13 Oct 2001 11:05:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 13 Oct 2001 11:05:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n3.groups.yahoo.com) (10.1.10.42) by mta1 with SMTP; 13 Oct 2001 11:05:58 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: thinkit8@lycos.com Received: from [10.1.2.208] by n3.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 13 Oct 2001 11:05:58 -0000 Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 11:05:55 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: translation challenge: "If today is Monday..." Message-ID: <9q976j+hme3@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <9q972g+ng9e@eGroups.com> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 663 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 24.5.121.32 From: thinkit8@lycos.com --- In lojban@y..., thinkit8@l... wrote: > --- In lojban@y..., "And Rosta" wrote: > > Translate into Lojban: > > > > 1. If today is Monday, then tomorrow is Tuesday. > > ti'u lo djedi poi pa moi lo'i jeftu ku'o le balvi lamji djedi cu lo > djedi poi re moi lo'i jetfu oops, make "cu", "cu dunli" > > [Translation should be true, regardless of when it is said.] > > > > 2. If today is Monday, then tomorrow is Wednesday. > > > > [Translation should be false, regardless of when it is said.] > > > > (Examples from a talk by Jim McCawley.) > > > > I opine that these can be lojbanned using {mu'ei} but by no > > other method. > > > > --And.