From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Nov 28 10:04:11 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 28 Nov 2002 18:04:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 7318 invoked from network); 28 Nov 2002 18:04:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Nov 2002 18:04:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Nov 2002 18:04:11 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18HT1H-0008IR-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:04:11 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18HT1D-0008I9-00; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:04:07 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:04:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com ([66.68.125.184] ident=root) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18HT18-0008Hx-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 10:04:02 -0800 Received: from cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (asdf@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gASI9emW005198; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:09:40 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from fracture@cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com) Received: (from fracture@localhost) by cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id gASI9cLn005192; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:09:38 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:09:37 -0600 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com, Stefan 1of3 Koch Subject: [lojban] Re: How would you say "plural" and "singular"? Message-ID: <20021128180937.GA5165@allusion.net> References: <1038496425.514.38744.m12@yahoogroups.com> <001701c296dd$09ec11c0$0f9d07d5@oneof> <019c01c2973f$f02eadc0$0300a8c0@avitallap> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <019c01c2973f$f02eadc0$0300a8c0@avitallap> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 2733 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: fracture@allusion.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Jordan DeLong From: Jordan DeLong Reply-To: fracture@allusion.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:40:14PM -0500, Avital Oliver wrote: > From: Stefan "1of3" Koch=20 > mi cusku lu >=20 > zoi gy dogs gy du la plural. pe zoi gy dog=20 >=20 > li'u >=20 > .i ri na'epu'i cfipu=20 > But that's wrong. zoi gy dogs gy is not identical to anything called plur= al. What might have worked is It's not wrong: the pe happens inside the name. dogs is the same as the thing called "plural of dog". You're thinking as if he had said "zoi gy. dogs .gy. du la plural. ku pe zoi gy. dog .gy.". Doesn't change that it's somewhat cheating though. > zoi gy dogs gy me la plural ... --=20 Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u sei la mark. tuen. cusku --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE95lvgDrrilS51AZ8RAtKBAJ9Rm54avNncHsV/lPw+25xNbKLsMACfcTOs lt9oZwk2LJET6vR0gThazP4= =odIc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BXVAT5kNtrzKuDFl--