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To: Major <lojban@audry2.com>
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Major wrote:

> 
> > Something is a home/den/nest only if it is inhabited;
> 
> Habitually or right at this very instant?

Either will do.

> In English the building I live in is still my "home" while I am at
> work, is this not true in Lojban?

No, that's no problem. It's just that an empty house, where nobody
lives, can't be called an "ca'o ca'a zdani".

-- 
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
"You need a change: try Canada" "You need a change: try China"
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