From jjllambias@hotmail.com Fri Dec 20 10:49:57 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 41048 invoked from network); 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.198) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:49:57 -0800 Received: from 200.49.74.2 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57 GMT To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: [lojban] Lojban gender (was: RE: [conculture] Re: Temples in Louisianne Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Dec 2002 18:49:57.0306 (UTC) FILETIME=[978E29A0:01C2A858] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Originating-IP: [200.49.74.2] X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=6071566 X-Yahoo-Profile: jjllambias2000 la and cusku di'e > > to be learned one by one. In Lojban, we have 17 genders, with a > > pronoun suitable to each: the b-gender, the d-gender, the f-gender, > > and so on > >Unusually, though, "le xunre cukta", "the red (xunre) book (cukta)", >takes the gender not of the head (c-gender) but of the modifier >(x-gender), though if the modifier is postposed, "le cukta co xunre", >it takes the gender of the head. Is that an official rule? I hesitate between {xycy} and {cy} for {le xunre cukta}, but I think I never use {xy}. I never know what to do about {le se broda}, so I end up changing it to {le selbroda} so as to use {sy}. I might have used {syby} sometime, too. {le mi broda} is definitely {by}, isn't it? I also have doubts with {le nu broda}, but it has to be {ny}. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963