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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:58:51 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Questions
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From: Taral <taral@taral.net>

(Oops, I thought I had sent it to the list)

On 7 Aug, Logical Language Group wrote:

> At 11:02 AM 08/07/2000 -0500, Taral wrote:
>
> > Question 1: How does one translate "how old are you?" into lojban? There
> > is no pure age relation in the gismu.
> 
> Probably several ways. One is:
> 
> le do nunjmive cu nanca xo
> or more colloquially
> xo selna'a do
> 
> Also
> xo ni do tolcitno
> 
> > Question 2: How does one express "here" (as in the current location) as a
> > sumti?
> 
> ti (without actually pointing at anything, or pointing at the ground)

But is that a sumti?

> or to be long winded, levi stuzi
> 
> Asking the list might get you some other possibilities.
> 
> lojbab

Taral