On Wednesday 10 March 2010 18:32:18 komfo,amonan wrote:
> I take {ze'a} (and its kin {za}, {ve'a}, and {va}) to mean not only
> "medium", but also "unspecified". Others follow this usage as well, even
> though it's not strictly in accordance with the definition. So, {[.i ti
> zdani mi ze'a] lo cabd
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 8:46 PM, tijlan wrote:
> 2010/3/10 Jorge Llambías :
>> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM, tijlan wrote:
>>>
>>> If the name is meant to have two parts, probably "zi'eful.favysejmiv"
>>> with an inbetween dot is the safest option in the parser-oriented,
>>> formal areas of Lo
2010/3/10 Jorge Llambías :
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM, tijlan wrote:
>>
>> If the name is meant to have two parts, probably "zi'eful.favysejmiv"
>> with an inbetween dot is the safest option in the parser-oriented,
>> formal areas of Lojbanistan. But people (including myself) often opts
>>
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Ian Johnson wrote:
> Do duration questions force you to make an assumption about the relative
> length of the duration? That is, as I understand it a typical duration
> question might be:
> .i ti zdani do ze'a ma
> roughly "how long have you been living in this ho
Do duration questions force you to make an assumption about the relative
length of the duration? That is, as I understand it a typical duration
question might be:
.i ti zdani do ze'a ma
roughly "how long have you been living in this house?", with the expectation
that the duration to come is moderat
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM, tijlan wrote:
>
> If the name is meant to have two parts, probably "zi'eful.favysejmiv"
> with an inbetween dot is the safest option in the parser-oriented,
> formal areas of Lojbanistan. But people (including myself) often opts
> to omit dots for aesthetic or prag
On 10 March 2010 15:32, Nadeem Waqif wrote:
> would like to understand the shortening and compounding process better. if
> im to understand correctly the compound words sajyfavji'es, sajyfavjix and
> so on, would be understandable as the very same concept without confusion.
Those items of the nam
thanks tijlan for such a comprehensive response. i quite like the first name
options. the second name is quite a mouthful and i need to figure out if i
should simplify the concept.
would like to understand the shortening and compounding process better. if
im to understand correctly the compound wo
