From gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch Fri Jan 03 12:04:07 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 3 Jan 2003 20:04:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 80341 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2003 20:04:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 3 Jan 2003 20:04:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 3 Jan 2003 20:04:07 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18UY34-0000xG-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:04:06 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18UY2w-0000wx-00; Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:03:58 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:03:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail4.bluewin.ch ([195.186.4.74]) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18UY2r-0000wo-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 03 Jan 2003 12:03:53 -0800 Received: from oemcomputer (213.3.152.84) by mail4.bluewin.ch (Bluewin AG 6.7.015) id 3E1046D90002B8A3 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 20:03:48 +0000 Message-ID: <001101c2cbbf$414f3fe0$549803d5@oemcomputer> To: References: <200301022307.43911.phma@webjockey.net> <200301031228.24027.phma@webjockey.net> Subject: [lojban] Re: asking for definition Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:03:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-archive-position: 3697 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: "G. Dyke" Reply-To: gordon.dyke@bluewin.ch X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=81437350 X-Yahoo-Profile: gregvdyke cu'u la pier > On Friday 03 January 2003 11:35, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Pierre Abbat wrote: > > > ca'e korkuvanu jo mo? > > > > "What did I declare that something had to be or do in order to be a > > korkuvanu?" > > How about "ca'edai korkuvanu jo mo"? > > phma > I think ca'edai should be more in the lines of "I bet you call...": ca'edai lo mlatu cu mlatu == I bet you call a spade a spade As pe'ipei/pe'ipei mo is used a lot for "what is your opinion of this" rather than "is ??? your opinion", I would use "ca'epei lo korkuvanu jo/cu mo" Greg -- http://www.myepfl.ch/gregory.dyke e'osai ko sarji la lojban - www.lojban.org "That man is such an ignoramus, Father." [...] "Stand inside his soul and see the world through his eyes. You will feel the pain he feels because of his ignorance, and you will not laugh." -- Chaim Potok, "The Chosen"