Gad, the names thing bugs me. I guess, in theory, Ceqli or Loglan or Lojban could have an infinite number of names, far more than any other word form. And...
Okay. Names are not a simple thing. I note that in Guaspi, James Carter uses two prefixes to make names. qu (for guaspi names) and qo (for foreign names)....
In a message dated 9/5/2005 1:03:39 PM Central Standard Time, rmay@... ... I don't think it is. Loglan/Lojban and other languages that force marking of ...
... Then perhaps Ceqli needs _optional_ name-marking, in keeping with its basic philosophy of optionality? Are we nearing a paradigm shift? I want Ceqli to...
Okay, my brain is getting into this. We do need an optional name marker. Ti isn't available, being the marker for foreign words. Do we want a tV word, or...
Okay, here's how I think it ought to be: Name marking is optional. Names can be marked by ti, closed by beti when necessary. zo will also have an informal...
... Johnny, I ... as ... in ... than ... proper ... name ... extra ... kiqo ... can ... casual ... the ... Yes, that's the intent! "Diminutive" was a poor...
To summarize, I think we've passed the name problem. I was mental-blocked by the fact that Loglan/Lojban requires special forms for names, i. e., final...
In a message dated 9/17/2005 9:49:11 AM Central Standard Time, rmay@... ... No, it hasn't changed. It is still very much a basic fact of Lojban life. ...
As we all know, there are two ways to handle modifiers: to hau sa kanin - the good dog to kanin hu hau - the dog that is good Which I think do not differ at...
Speaking of 'por,' does this make sense? cisa froma por kom - this cheese is for eating go por dormho bua xir - I drink milk in order to go to sleep. Do these...
I updated the page with these changes: I decided to keep the original Eo "al." Verb infinitives end in -ar The Eo -ar suffix becomes -arm (suggesting 'swarm') ...
Sorry. I meant to send that to the Texperanto group. Rex May rmay@... See some of my cartoons at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/BALOOWEBSITE/BALOO.html ...
I'm thinking of making topic marking in Ceqli, this way: To xlaq, da pa tsanku to kanin. As for the snake, it bit the dog. To kanin, to xlaq pa tsanku da....
... It should have the same position relative to its headword as other modifier particles. Don't most such particles precede their head in ceqli? -- Jim Henry ...
... Hm. I think you're right. But before we get too deep into this, how about saying. "The topic of a sentence is normally the same as the subject, which ...
... Let's see. Assuming the listener can tell at once whether a word is a noun (or pronoun) or verb -- or which way it is being used in a given context -- ...
... Yes, that's my intention. I need to draw a schematic S —> V —> O ^--------------< You can only go clockwise. ... Yes, and in the case of ambiguity,...
... No. I think I must have misread what you had before. The rule is SVOSV... where you can pick any string of three. SVO, VOS, or OSV. My thinking is that...
Also, I think we can rule that Ceqli can have SVIO, where I is indirect object. True, indirect objects can be expressed other ways: Go ko zi don hon. I give...
I want to maximize Ceqli's ability to make antonyms by reversal. For example, I'm dropping "pomo" (to help) and borrowing "zuai" (to hinder) from Mandarin,...
Detecting a possible problem with "hu" go fu ja jai hu zi pa ja. I will go place you past went. No problem with that. go don zi hon hu gosa pamo pa don...
... That might work, but it might be clearer with a resumptive pronoun: go xau jino hu go pa don hon da. I see man which I past give book him. ....Maybe you...
... Yes. It would be in the Ceqli spirit to allow my shortened version but to use a resumptive pronoun (I hadn't seen that term before, and I like it) when...
