From a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com Sun Nov 04 12:26:59 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 4 Nov 2001 20:27:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 88422 invoked from network); 4 Nov 2001 20:27:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m12.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Nov 2001 20:27:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mta06-svc.ntlworld.com) (62.253.162.46) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Nov 2001 20:26:59 -0000 Received: from andrew ([62.255.41.242]) by mta06-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id <20011104202657.EDTL21455.mta06-svc.ntlworld.com@andrew> for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2001 20:26:57 +0000 Reply-To: To: Subject: RE: [lojban] "I know you have a brother..." Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 20:26:13 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 From: "And Rosta" X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin pc > ragnarok@pobox.com writes: > >What is wrong with: > >(6) mi djuno lenu bruna do .i zo bel. ra cmene > > Wait, I have to explicitly state the zo'e. So I ammend this to > (7) mi djuno lenu zo'e do bruna .i zo bel. ra cmene > > That takes care of what of the crucial sort was wrong with (6). All > that is left now is that {djuno} takes propeositions {du'u}, not > events {nu}. And a worry about pulling references out of subordinate > clauses with mental predicates (I believe that Sherlock Holmes is > still alive. He raises bees in Suffolk.) Worse is "John believes that Holmes is still alive. He raises bees in Suffolk", though in fact I don't see it as worrisome. --And.