From graywyvern@hotmail.com Wed May 10 18:12:22 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18148 invoked from network); 11 May 2000 01:12:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 11 May 2000 01:12:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.237.83) by mta3 with SMTP; 11 May 2000 01:12:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 55938 invoked by uid 0); 11 May 2000 01:12:21 -0000 Message-ID: <20000511011221.55937.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 209.176.48.27 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 10 May 2000 18:12:21 PDT X-Originating-IP: [209.176.48.27] To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: se porsi nu darlu Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:12:21 PDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From: "michael helsem" pe'i le vrici mubysku poi srana le teirpau na dukti simxu (I think the different ways of expressing time aren't mutually exclusive.) .imu'a fanva zoi gy. In the year 2525 gy. fu lu ca le nancytei pe li remuremu li'u (For example "In the Year 2525"...) .imu'aji'a fanva zoi gy. Letter dated 5-10-00 gy. fu lu xatra de'i li pano pi'e nomu pi'e reki'o li'u ku .a lu li'o li reki'o pi'e nomu pi'e pano li'u (Or, "Letter dated...") .imu'aji'a fanva zoi gy. I have to work till 9 gy. fu lu lemi jibdei cu sisti ti'u li repa li'u .a lu lemi jibdei cu temci fi le tcika be li repa pi'e li'u (Or, "I have to work till 9"...) .ito'u .eiro'e le cusku ge datni banzu gi nalcfipu (Thus it is the speaker's job to give enough information without being confusing.) .i le valsi vanbi cu jicmu lenu sruma le so'imei .a le so'umei (Context can mean assuming a lot or a little.) .i roda na jdice sarcu sera'a le se porsi (It's not necessary to work out everything in advance.) ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com