From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Feb 28 13:08:48 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_4); 28 Feb 2003 21:08:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 59719 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2003 21:08:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Feb 2003 21:08:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Feb 2003 21:08:46 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18orkM-0005L6-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:46 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18orkB-0005Kd-00; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:35 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18ork3-0005KE-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:27 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:08:27 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228210827.GB17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030228185013.GW17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-archive-position: 4243 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 03:50:40PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:23:55PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >> > > mi nitcu da. Let's start with that. Do you at least agree that > >> > > there isn't a specific thing which I mean that I need? > >> > > >> > Absolutely not. > >> > > >> > mi nitcu da == There exists an X such that I need it. > >> > > >> > X could be *VERY* specific. Say the x3 of nitcu is le nu cikre > >> > le mi karce poi finti de'i li pa so no ze ... > >> > >> Great, five posts in a row all expressing the same idea. > > >Yep. Just like your 3 or 4 or whatever. > > >> So, you think da is specific, do you? I can't work with you. Carry > >> on. > > >Straight out of the book: > > >4.2) da poi prenu zo'u da viska la djim. > > There-is-an-X which is-a-person : X sees Jim. > > Someone sees Jim. > > But if you ask for da poi prenu zo'u da viska la djim to become true, > you won't care who sees Jim, right? Tell me how to ask for that in lojban, and I'll see about answering the question. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u crepu le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi