From thinkit8@lycos.com Mon Dec 03 15:46:10 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: thinkit8@lycos.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 3 Dec 2001 23:46:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 89441 invoked from network); 3 Dec 2001 23:46:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Dec 2001 23:46:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n3.groups.yahoo.com) (216.115.96.53) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Dec 2001 23:46:10 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: thinkit8@lycos.com Received: from [10.1.10.69] by n3.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 03 Dec 2001 23:46:10 -0000 Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 23:46:06 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: thoughts on numerical language Message-ID: <9uh2ru+arr0@eGroups.com> In-Reply-To: <006901c17c92$c6cbd0c0$23b7003e@default> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Length: 588 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster X-Originating-IP: 12.224.27.33 From: thinkit8@lycos.com X-Yahoo-Profile: thinkit41 --- In lojban@y..., "Adam Raizen" wrote: > la tinkit cusku di'e > > > Not > > having to be short and tidy, I found it easier to assume a 2 > > argument system with extra tags. > How do you do the equivalent of 'dunda'? > > mu'o mi'e .adam. Oops, sent it to the e-mail again... anyway, i was saying you can just represent it as "A gives B", with side tag "with recipient". Or "A gives to B", with side tag "involving object". English is pretty much binary, with prepositional side tags. It just turns out the 5 tags in lojban makes things convenient and quick.