Subject: Re: Enemy [Was: [lojban] Request for grammar clarifications

From: Rob Speer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 22:01:11 -0400

On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 10:47:33PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> 
> la rab spir di'e cusku
> 
> > > >On "We have me the enemy and they are us,"
> > > >"We have met the enemy and they are ours"
> > > i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o moi
> > > i mi'o ba'o penmi le bradi i za'a ri me mi'o
> >
> >"... and he pertains to us."
> 
> That's the old meaning of {me}. The current meaning (according
> to The Book, see pg. 98) would give "...and they are us".

Oh.

So {du} is only to be used for mekso now? Furthermore, how long is it before
{me} becomes taboo like {du} and we have to move on to something else?
-- 
Rob Speer