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Re: lo [nonexistent]

To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: lo [nonexistent]
From: Logical Language Group <lojbab>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 09:35:37 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: lojbab@access.digex.net (Logical Language Group)
In-Reply-To: <199410180740.AA15019@nfs2.digex.net> from "ucleaar" at Oct 18, 94 00:38:45 am

la .and. noi sitna da cu cusku di'e

> > coi doi ro
> 
> Is this grammatical?

No.  "coi ro do" or "coi doi ro do" probably expresses the intent;
colloquially, "Hello, everybody!"

(Literally, that would be more like "coi ro da" or "coi ro prenu", but
we do not usually wish to address literally every person, still less
inanimate things.)

-- 
John Cowan		sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.

References:
- Re: lo [nonexistent]
  - From: ucleaar <ucleaar@ucl.ac.uk>

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