Subject: RE: [lojban] Tidying notes on {goi}

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:28:21

la and cusku di'e

>Here you hit on one of my logical peeves with Lojban. In my own loglan,
>you have to say not "ci da poi prenu cu klama" but (the equivalent of)
>
> da poi ke'a ci mei ku'o ro de poi ke'a me lu'a da zo'u
> de ge prenu gi klama

But those two are not equivalent. Your version does not preclude
there being a fourth person that goes.

>And this then makes "ci da poi prenu cu prami re lu'a le cimei"
>come out with greater clarity as:
>
> da poi ke'a ci mei ku'o
> ro de poi ke'a me lu'a da ku'o
> da xi re poi ke'a re mei ku'o
> ro de xi re poi ke'a me lu'a da xi re zo'u
> de xi re ge me lu'a da gi se prami de

Again, I think that means {su'ocida poi prenu cu prami su'ore
lu'a le su'ocimei}.

>Of course, Lojban makes this impossibly verbose (tho in my loglan it takes
>only 10-12 short words).

When do we get a peek at your loglan?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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