From BestATN@xxx.xxx Sat Dec 11 15:22:07 1999 X-Digest-Num: 308 Message-ID: <44114.308.1691.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:22:07 EST From: BestATN@xxx.xxx Subject: indirect questions For "John knows who came", why not transform it to "John knows the answer to the question 'Who came?' ?" and use something like la djan. djuno le danfu be lu ma klama The equivalent transformation for "Johns wonders who came" might be "John wonders what the answer to the question 'Who came?' is." or "John wonders about the answer to the question 'Who came?' ." la djan. kucli le danfu be lu ma klama No logic is involved, no kau, just simple transformations. Why doesn't this work? Steven