How to say something like "I am the man who wrote you a letter"? Specifically, I'm having trouble with "I am the man who...". {mi nanmu} means for me "I am *a*...
... I don't think it's malgilico, because there is a one-to-one correspondence "I am the same as the man who wrote you the letter". I do think it's a little...
... I see nothing wrong with {mi du le nanmu poi pu te xatra do}. This means that I have in mind someone who wrote you a letter, and I am that man. The only ...
Pierre Abbat
phma@...
Jan 1, 2003 4:56 pm
18145
... A poi phrase type thing at the bridi level would just be done with gi'e. mi nanmu gi'e te xatra do. But I agree it's not quite it. ... [...] mi kau te...
... I am a prime opponent of "du" in most cases. However, when there are two descriptions that yield "known" entities, and you wish to express the *claim*...
... That sounds to me like a {noi}-type connection (I am a man, oh, and incidentally, I am a writer-of-letter to you) rather than a {poi}-type connection (I am...
... I'd say it was logically the same as {mi nanmu gi'e pu te xatra be do} - "I am a man and I wrote a letter to you." mu'o mi'e solri. -- "Do unto others what...
... .i la noras cusku le sapycnici co'o mi'e la stivn...
Steven Belknap
sbelknap@...
Jan 2, 2003 5:48 pm
18152
First off, thanks to all who responded. ... Are those the same? I would think gi'e phrases are more like noi than like poi -- I'm a man, and I wrote you a...
la filip cusku di'e ... Both. :) The difference is clear when the quantifier is {ro}: 1- ro cipni ku poi blabi cu vofli = ro da poi cipni gi'e blabi cu vofli ...
Oops, here is the link: http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp...
Steven Belknap
sbelknap@...
Jan 2, 2003 9:01 pm
18156
The Book states that a brivla cannot begin with more than two consonants or have a cluster of more than three consonants. The latter does not apply to fu'ivla,...
Pierre Abbat
phma@...
Jan 2, 2003 11:46 pm
18157
... and, of course, can we say things like "doi .tctctctctc. mi tstststsa"?...
If you were reading a book and saw a sentence "mi lalzga le korkuvanu be le cipni", and wanted to ask someone in the room, what would you say? ca'e lo...
Pierre Abbat
phma@...
Jan 3, 2003 9:35 am
18161
... "What did I declare that at least one korkuvanu was?" ... "What did I declare that something had to be or do in order to be a korkuvanu?" ... "Korkuvanu,...
In a message dated 2003-01-03 9:31:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... if there's no LE, there should be no BE. right? {mi pu te xatra be do} should be just {mi...
Some people noted that they were unable to contact the Kaizen people to comment on their Lojban, saying the address had bounced. They seem to have the problem...
coi ... that ... you ... IMO "bi'unai" can be used to mark old information. So "mi'e le bi'unai nanmu poi pu te xatra do" might do. mu'omi'e ctefan....
la kreig cusku di'e ... A pause is not required after {doi}. Also, {tstststsa} is not a valid fu'ivla because it has a single syllable so it can't be ...
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