From arosta@uclan.ac.uk Thu Jan 31 06:17:34 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: arosta@uclan.ac.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 31 Jan 2002 14:17:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 71907 invoked from network); 31 Jan 2002 14:17:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 31 Jan 2002 14:17:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO com1.uclan.ac.uk) (193.61.255.3) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 31 Jan 2002 14:17:33 -0000 Received: from gwise-gw1.uclan.ac.uk by com1.uclan.ac.uk with SMTP (Mailer); Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:51:23 +0000 Received: from DI1-Message_Server by gwise-gw1.uclan.ac.uk with Novell_GroupWise; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:17:10 +0000 Message-Id: X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.2 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:16:55 +0000 To: lojban Subject: Re: UI for 'possible' (was: Re: [lojban] Bible translation style question) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline From: And Rosta X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=810630 X-Yahoo-Profile: andjamin >>> Adam Raizen 01/30/02 11:31pm >>> #la xod. cusku di'e #> You're stepping close to the heresy that certain brivla can be represented #> with UI. Welcome! #I'm not sure that I accept that 'ui' is exactly the same as 'sei gleki'.=20 Indeed not. 'ui' is an expression of emotion; an uttered smile. 'Sei gleki' is a metalinguistic comment that is propositional in nature but does not contribute to the truth conditions of the sentence. --And.