From Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de Fri Aug 16 06:15:08 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: Philip.Newton@datenrevision.de X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_7_4); 16 Aug 2002 13:15:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 97573 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2002 13:15:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 16 Aug 2002 13:15:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO spree.gedas.de) (139.1.44.12) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 16 Aug 2002 13:15:07 -0000 Received: from spree.gedas.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spree.gedas.de (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01921 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:15:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from blnsem05.de.gedas.vwg (blnsem05.gedas.de [139.1.84.49]) by spree.gedas.de (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA01917 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:15:05 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by blnsem05.de.gedas.vwg with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <3W810GX8>; Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:15:05 +0200 Message-ID: To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Phrases for language learners Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:14:59 +0200 Return-Receipt-To: "Newton, Philip" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: "Newton, Philip" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=23036112 X-Yahoo-Profile: elder_newton John Cowan wrote: > Newton, Philip scripsit: > > > Maybe I'll think about it a bit more, but it seems to me at > > the moment that lo'u...le'u is more general (and perhaps more > > useful especially in such asking-about-language-and-usage > > contexts) than lu...li'u. > > For human interlocutors, it makes little difference which one you use. OK, thanks. I'll assume this applies only when the quoted portion is grammatically correct -- for example, you couldn't say {lu leka li'u} or {lu ganai li'u}. Or could you? I suppose a human listener would understand what you are saying even if your utterance violates the traditional grammar, since the intent appears fairly obvious. mu'omi'e filip. [email copies appreciated, since I read the digest] {ko fukpi mrilu .i'o fi mi ki'u le du'u mi te mrilu loi notseljmaji} -- Philip Newton All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.