From jjllambias@hotmail.com Fri May 25 19:16:50 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_1_3); 26 May 2001 02:16:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 68200 invoked from network); 26 May 2001 02:16:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 26 May 2001 02:16:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.217) by mta3 with SMTP; 26 May 2001 02:16:49 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 25 May 2001 19:16:49 -0700 Received: from 200.69.11.43 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 26 May 2001 02:16:49 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.69.11.43] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: Re: loi (was Re: [lojban] Rosetta Project Genesis translation) Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 02:16:49 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 May 2001 02:16:49.0454 (UTC) FILETIME=[EBBAC4E0:01C0E589] From: "Jorge Llambias" la pycyn cusku di'e > > > A third part is the disambiguation of sentences like "Chicagoans drink > > more > > > beer tha New Yorkers" > > > > Wouldn't that use lo'e or le'e? > > >The sentence is at least three ways ambiguous: Each C drinks more than each >NY, >the typical C drinks more than the typical NY (and that could be two, >depending on which of the two readings of {le'e} you go with), or the Cs >altogether drink moe than the NY altogether. The last is {loi}. I would say that the last is {piro loi}. Since {loi} by itself is {pisu'o loi}, it should give "there are some Chicagoans that altogether drink more than some New Yorkers". Very little informative indeed, and I'm not sure the original can even have this reading. co'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.