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Re: la <selbri> (was: gadri )
- To: John Cowan <cowan@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Subject: Re: la <selbri> (was: gadri )
- From: cbmvax!uunet!math.ucla.edu!jimc
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Aug 92 11:52:41 EDT." <9208241758.AA04913@julia.math.ucla.edu>
- Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!math.ucla.edu!jimc
- Sender: Lojban list <cbmvax!uunet!pucc.princeton.edu!LOJBAN>
John Cowan writes:
> la cribe poi blanu [ku]
> the-one-called "Bear who is blue"
>
> vs.
>
> la cribe ku poi blanu
> the-one-called "Bear" who is blue
>
> Historically, Loglan/Lojban had only the second possibility, and the "ku"
> could be omitted. Now we allow relative clauses both outside and inside
> descriptions, and such distinctions can be made easily.
Yes, John's example is much better -- and I'm happy to see the distinction
between inside and outside clauses. I'll check out "voi" also.
-- jimc