From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Dec 17 19:46:53 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 18 Dec 2001 03:46:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 62127 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2001 03:46:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Dec 2001 03:46:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-1.cais.net) (205.252.14.71) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2001 03:46:52 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (dynamic202.cl8.cais.net [205.177.20.202]) by stmpy-1.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id fBI3koT25237 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:46:50 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20011217224458.00c27aa0@pop.cais.com> X-Sender: vir1036@pop.cais.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 22:45:47 -0500 To: Subject: Re: [lojban] Logical translation request In-Reply-To: <001501c187cd$b99cf000$4cb6003e@default> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011217201146.00c278d0@pop.cais.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab At 02:09 PM 12/18/01 +0000, Adam Raizen wrote: >la lojbab. cusku di'e > > > I believe that "nau" was introduced to have a short cut for >returning (and > > possibly resetting with ki) to the default spacetime reference point >of > > here and now. > >'nau' can't be combined with 'ki' in its current selma'o, which is why >it's in the wrong selma'o. (The line in the bnf grammar that says that >a simple tense modal can be 'KI CUhE' is a typo for 'KI | CUhE', I >assume.) It can, but as naujeki (or naujoiki) lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org