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Re: Chinese-type Questions in Lojban

John Cowan:

>Well, in Lojban we can say:
>
>	do klama gi'i na klama 	you go [connective ?] not go
>
>which literally asks "Which logical connective, inserted between the
>propositions 'You go' and 'You don't go', makes the resultant proposition
>true?" Acceptable answers are:
>
>	nagi'e 	Not 1st but 2nd. 	I go.
>
Eh?!
>	gi'enai 	1st but not second. 	I don't go.
>
Eh?!!
>	gi'onai 	1st or 2nd but not both 	Maybe yes, maybe no.
>
I'll buy this one

Chris Handley                                     chandley@otago.ac.nz
Dept of Computer Science                       Ph     (+64) 3-479-8499
University of Otago                           Fax     (+64) 3-479-8577
Dunedin, NZ

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