From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Nov 13 04:37:11 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 13 Nov 2001 12:37:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 50199 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2001 12:37:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m9.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Nov 2001 12:37:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Nov 2001 12:37:10 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fADCb9F18243 for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:37:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 07:37:08 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Why is there so much irregularity in cmavo/gismu? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Craig wrote: > can we get rid of selma'o? They are very misleading. the place > structure of selma'o is x2 is the grammatical class containing > particle x1 - meaning that by calling them both UI we put xu and .ui > in the same grammar class. they play extremely different roles. .ui > expresses a feeling. xu makes questions. Sounds the same to me! ja'o zo'onai .e'u ko finti le cnino selma'o .i ji'a ko pilno le cmalu lerfu zo'oru'e -- I hope they confuse the two and toss away the lit flare while holding the lit dynamite stick as a statue of Liberty Torch. That would make my day- for at least a 1/4 hour. -- Fernando