From jcowan@reutershealth.com Fri Jun 14 07:52:21 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 14 Jun 2002 14:52:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 62975 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2002 14:52:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Jun 2002 14:52:20 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (204.243.9.36) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Jun 2002 14:52:20 -0000 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA27598; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:44:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200206141344.JAA27598@mail.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:44:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [lojban] Correct terminator(s)? To: Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de (elder_newton) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:44:40 -0400 (EDT) Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: from "elder_newton" at Jun 14, 2002 01:18:11 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan elder_newton scripsit: > mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta ku ku do > .i mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta kei do > .i mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta kei ku do > .i mi skicu lenu mi tcidu le cukta ku kei do > > I presume they can't all be correct -- or can they? If they are, is > there a difference? Which would be the preferred way? If none is > correct, what would be the correct way to say it? All are correct, and are the result of selective omission from the fully general form mi skicu le nu mi tcidu le cukta ku kei ku do Every "le" always has its "ku" explicit or implicit, and every "nu" its "kei". Of these three delimiters, a single "ku" is not enough, for that only closes "le cukta"; but anything involving "kei" or two "ku"s is strong enough to close the "nu". -- John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com I amar prestar aen, han mathon ne nen, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan han mathon ne chae, a han noston ne 'wilith. --Galadriel, _LOTR:FOTR_