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Re: logical connection
- To: cowan <cowan@snark.thyrsus.com>
- Subject: Re: logical connection
- From: CJ FINE <cbmvax!uunet!bradford.ac.uk!C.J.Fine>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jan 92 12:43:13 GMT
- Cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu (Lojban list)
- In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "John Cowan" at Jan 9, 92 11:55 am
- Reply-To: cbmvax!uunet!bradford.ac.uk!C.J.Fine
la djan. kau,n sei ri selsmadi befi le lervelsku befe le cmene se'u
danfu fimi fe di'e
tu'eli'o
>
> I think this example shows clearly why not. "klama" actually has five places,
> so
>
> mi klama la lidz. .e la bradfrd.
>
> means
>
> mi klama la lidz. e. la bradfrd. zo'e zo'e zo'e
>
> If this is construed as
>
> mi klama la lidz. da de di .ije mi klama la bradfrd. da de di
>
> in order to be sure that the origin (da) is the same in both bridi,
> then we are put in the silly position of insisting that the route (de) must
> also be the same for both destinations! Thanks for providing this example.
tu'u
.i di'u melbi ke ciksi se jarco ci'e
.i co'omi'e kolin fain
[Intended glosses:
John Cowan (this is a guess how he spells his name) answers me thus.
This is a beautiful demonstration, thank you.