From phma@webjockey.net Sun Jan 19 08:47:19 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 19 Jan 2003 16:47:19 -0000 Received: (qmail 80926 invoked from network); 19 Jan 2003 16:47:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 19 Jan 2003 16:47:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blackcat.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Jan 2003 16:47:18 -0000 Received: by blackcat.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 9D62C4BD6; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Organization: dis To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] loi preti be fi lo nincli zo'u tu'e Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 11:47:18 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200301191147.18008.phma@webjockey.net> From: Pierre Abbat X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=92712300 On Sunday 19 January 2003 08:33, Martin Bays wrote: li'o > What's the difference between {LE broda pe BAI LE brode} and {LE broda be > BAI LE brode}? mi nelci le fenso pesemau le nivji: I like the sewer more than the knitter (equivalent to {mi zmanei le fenso le nivji}). mi nelci le fenso besemau le nivji: I like the one who sews more than the knitter. There is someone who sews more than the knitter, and whom I like. mi nelci le fenso semau le nivji: I like the sewer more than the knitter. My liking of the sewer exceeds the knitter. What this means is unclear; it would probably be interpreted as ambiguous between {mi nelci le fenso pesemau le nivji} and {mi pesemau le nivji cu nelci le fenso}. Whether any of the three constructions are equivalent in meaning to the others depends on the particular selbri involved. phma