From thedward@barsoom.net Mon Jun 03 22:43:42 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: thedward@barsoom.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 4 Jun 2002 05:43:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 99459 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2002 05:43:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m11.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 4 Jun 2002 05:43:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO kamkalsa.dyn.cheapnet.net) (66.68.74.238) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 4 Jun 2002 05:43:42 -0000 Received: by kamkalsa.dyn.cheapnet.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 28D151C030; Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:43:36 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 00:43:36 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: casnu bau la lojban le si'o selma'o Message-ID: <20020604004335.A1703@barsoom.net> Mail-Followup-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.20i From: the Edward Blevins X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=810583 X-Yahoo-Profile: thedward During a discussion on IRC, the question of how to talk about selma'o in Lojban came up. What exactly belongs in x2 of 'cmavo', or x1 of "selma'o"? In English we talk about "selma'o NU", but I'm not clear how that translates to Lojban. Is x2 of "cmavo" a quoted string, like in: zo su'u cmavo zo nu Or would the following be more correct: zo su'u cmavo la'e zo nu I am pretty certain this would be correct, but it seems a bit long: zo su'u cmavo le selma'o be zo nu I could have sworn this has been discussed before, but looking through my archives I couldn't find such a discussion. Thanks in advance. -- the Edward Blevins (512) 796-6661 /(0\ mi tavla fo la lojban .i xu do go'i? \1)/ .i.e'u ko vitke fi zoi .url. http://www.lojban.org .url. Today is Setting Orange, the 9th day of Confusion, 3168.