From lojban-out@lojban.org Fri Feb 28 13:50:45 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 21:50:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 68319 invoked from network); 28 Feb 2003 21:50:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 28 Feb 2003 21:50:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Feb 2003 21:50:45 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18osOz-0005mN-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:50:45 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 18osOe-0005lv-00; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:50:24 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:50:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 18osOV-0005lh-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:50:15 -0800 Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:50:15 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly) Message-ID: <20030228215015.GC17252@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030228210827.GB17252@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: 4246 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 04:11:40PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >> >> > On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 09:23:55PM -0500, Craig wrote: > >> >> 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. > > .i bai ko le du'u da poi prenu zo'u da la djim viska ku cu jetnu That isn't a question, that's a command. If I were to execute said command, then yes, I would assume that any prenu would do. However, I wouldn't be completely surprised if the commander turned out to have a different se jetnu in mind. Note, however, that the original discussion was about nitcu, with the x3 unspecified. That makes *all* the difference to me. > Easy even for us relative beginners. Sorry, I meant I wanted to see exactly how you phrased it. -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