"me too" in Lojban

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gleki

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Mar 5, 2012, 9:35:58 AM3/5/12
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- It pleases me
- Me too

How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?
or

- Good night !
- [Good night to] you too !

- di'ai melbi nicte
- ???

Michael Eaton

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Mar 5, 2012, 9:39:19 AM3/5/12
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I see what you're asking, but would it not be simpler to respond in kind?
 
-di'ai melbi nicte
-di'ai melbi nicte
 
 
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Mar 5, 2012, 10:12:37 AM3/5/12
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{di'ai go'i} should do. The first would be

- ti pluka mi
- go'ira'o ji'a

mu'o mi'e ianek

On 5 Mar, 15:39, "Michael Eaton" <michael.ea...@blackpool.gov.uk>
wrote:
> I see what you're asking, but would it not be simpler to respond in kind?
>
> -di'ai melbi nicte
> -di'ai melbi nicte
>
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> - It pleases me
> - Me too
>
> How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?
> or
>
> - Good night !
> - [Good night to] you too !
>
> - di'ai melbi nicte
> - ???
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Pierre Abbat

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On Monday, March 05, 2012 09:35:58 gleki wrote:
> - It pleases me
> - Me too
>
> How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?

—pluka mi
—go'i ra'o
which is no shorter than this short utterance, but than longer ones it is.

> or
>
> - Good night !
> - [Good night to] you too !
>
> - di'ai melbi nicte
> - ???

"go'i ra'o" doesn't work with "di'ai" (which I had to look up), but it does
work with "lo xamgu ko li'i".

Pierre

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ianek

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Mar 5, 2012, 3:37:50 PM3/5/12
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Well, I thought di'ai is UI, but it's COI. In this case I think that
the correct form of saying "good night" is {di'ai do melbi nicte} or
{di'ai do'u melbi nicte} and then you can reply {di'ai do'u go'i}.
{ra'o} is not needed, because there are no pro-assignments in the
bridi part.

mu'o mi'e ianek

selpa'i

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Mar 5, 2012, 3:42:56 PM3/5/12
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For what it's worth, the two standard ways to say "good night" I'm
familiar with and that I use are:
{lo pluka ko li'i nicte} (used a lot on IRC)
and
{ko nicte zanfri}

For "too/also", you use ji'a/si'a/mi'u, depending on the situation.

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

Am 05.03.2012 21:37, schrieb ianek:
> Well, I thought di'ai is UI, but it's COI. In this case I think that
> the correct form of saying "good night" is {di'ai do melbi nicte} or
> {di'ai do'u melbi nicte} and then you can reply {di'ai do'u go'i}.
> {ra'o} is not needed, because there are no pro-assignments in the
> bridi part.
>
> mu'o mi'e ianek
>
> On 5 Mar, 21:11, Pierre Abbat<p...@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>> On Monday, March 05, 2012 09:35:58 gleki wrote:
>>> - It pleases me
>>> - Me too
>>> How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?

>> �pluka mi
>> �go'i ra'o


>> which is no shorter than this short utterance, but than longer ones it is.
>>
>>> or
>>> - Good night !
>>> - [Good night to] you too !
>>> - di'ai melbi nicte
>>> - ???
>> "go'i ra'o" doesn't work with "di'ai" (which I had to look up), but it does
>> work with "lo xamgu ko li'i".
>>
>> Pierre
>>
>> --

>> La sal en el mar es m�s que en la sangre.


>> Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.


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.i lo vajrai cu nonselji'u lo kanla

Sebastian Fröjd

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Mar 5, 2012, 5:26:14 PM3/5/12
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I use to say "xamgu sipna fa ko .iu" to my daughter when she's going to sleep. Not exactly "good night", but a similar phrase is commonly used in swedish.

mu'omi'e seb


Den måndagen den 5:e mars 2012 skrev selpa'i<m...@plasmatix.com>:
> For what it's worth, the two standard ways to say "good night" I'm familiar with and that I use are:
> {lo pluka ko li'i nicte} (used a lot on IRC)
> and
> {ko nicte zanfri}
>
> For "too/also", you use ji'a/si'a/mi'u, depending on the situation.
>
> mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
>
> Am 05.03.2012 21:37, schrieb ianek:
>>
>> Well, I thought di'ai is UI, but it's COI. In this case I think that
>> the correct form of saying "good night" is {di'ai do melbi nicte} or
>> {di'ai do'u melbi nicte} and then you can reply {di'ai do'u go'i}.
>> {ra'o} is not needed, because there are no pro-assignments in the
>> bridi part.
>>
>> mu'o mi'e ianek
>>
>> On 5 Mar, 21:11, Pierre Abbat<p...@phma.optus.nu>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On Monday, March 05, 2012 09:35:58 gleki wrote:
>>>>
>>>> - It pleases me
>>>> - Me too
>>>> How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?
>>>
>>> —pluka mi
>>> —go'i ra'o

>>> which is no shorter than this short utterance, but than longer ones it is.
>>>
>>>> or
>>>> - Good night !
>>>> - [Good night to] you too !
>>>> - di'ai melbi nicte
>>>> - ???
>>>
>>> "go'i ra'o" doesn't work with "di'ai" (which I had to look up), but it does
>>> work with "lo xamgu ko li'i".
>>>
>>> Pierre
>>>
>>> --
>>> La sal en el mar es más que en la sangre.

>>> Le sel dans la mer est plus que dans le sang.
>
>
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> .i lo vajrai cu nonselji'u lo kanla
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Jonathan Jones

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Mar 5, 2012, 8:38:27 PM3/5/12
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On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:35 AM, gleki <gleki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:
- It pleases me
- Me too

How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?

Depending on what is being "me too"ed, you can use ji'a:

abu: mi nelci ti
by: ji'a go'i
 
or

- Good night !
- [Good night to] you too !

abu: ko lifri lonu xamgu nicte
by: ji'a go'i

- di'ai melbi nicte
- ???

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Janek

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Mar 6, 2012, 2:22:21 AM3/6/12
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On 6 March 2012 02:38, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:35 AM, gleki <gleki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> - It pleases me
>> - Me too
>>
>> How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?
>
>
> Depending on what is being "me too"ed, you can use ji'a:
>
> abu: mi nelci ti
> by: ji'a go'i

{go'ira'o}, not {go'i}

>
>>
>> or
>>
>> - Good night !
>> - [Good night to] you too !
>
>
> abu: ko lifri lonu xamgu nicte
> by: ji'a go'i

I'm not sure, but I think this also requires {ra'o}

mu'o mi'e ianek

>>
>>

Jonathan Jones

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Mar 6, 2012, 2:26:16 PM3/6/12
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On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Janek <j-...@o2.pl> wrote:
On 6 March 2012 02:38, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:35 AM, gleki <gleki.is...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> - It pleases me
>> - Me too
>>
>> How to express the reply compactly in Lojban ?
>
>
> Depending on what is being "me too"ed, you can use ji'a:
>
> abu: mi nelci ti
> by: ji'a go'i

{go'ira'o}, not {go'i}

No. It's just go'i.

The expansion on the above is not

abu: mi nelci ti
by: ji'a do nelci ti

It is

abu: mi nelci ti
by: ji'a mi nelci ti

ra'o is needed to distinguish between

A: mi lumci le mi karce
B: mi go'i

A: I wash my car.
B: I wash A’s car.

and

A: mi lumci le mi karce
B: mi go'i ra'o

A: I wash my car.
B: I wash B’s car.

CLL 7.6 CLL 20


>
>>
>> or
>>
>> - Good night !
>> - [Good night to] you too !
>
>
> abu: ko lifri lonu xamgu nicte
> by: ji'a go'i

I'm not sure, but I think this also requires {ra'o}

No. It doesn't.

Pierre Abbat

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Mar 6, 2012, 3:40:10 PM3/6/12
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On Tuesday, March 06, 2012 14:26:16 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Janek <j-...@o2.pl> wrote:
> > On 6 March 2012 02:38, Jonathan Jones <eye...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > abu: mi nelci ti
> > > by: ji'a go'i
> >
> > {go'ira'o}, not {go'i}
>
> No. It's just go'i.
>
> The expansion on the above is not
>
> abu: mi nelci ti
> by: ji'a do nelci ti
>
> It is
>
> abu: mi nelci ti
> by: ji'a mi nelci ti

Since "mi" is not explicit in the sentence with "go'i", it still refers to A.
With "ra'o", the implicit "mi" would refer to B.

If A pointed to something close to A but far from B and said "mi nelci ti",
and B said "ji'a go'i ra'o", would B be stating that he likes something close
to B and far from A?

> ra'o is needed to distinguish between
>
> A: mi lumci le mi karce
> B: mi go'i
>
> A: I wash my car.
> B: I wash A’s car.

"go'i" with no subject would mean "A washes A's car".

> and
>
> A: mi lumci le mi karce
> B: mi go'i ra'o
>
> A: I wash my car.
> B: I wash B’s car.

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ianek

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Mar 6, 2012, 4:10:12 PM3/6/12
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On 6 Mar, 20:26, Jonathan Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:22 AM, Janek <j...@o2.pl> wrote:
> > On 6 March 2012 02:38, Jonathan Jones <eyeo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 7:35 AM, gleki <gleki.is.my.n...@gmail.com>
> CLL 7.6 <http://dag.github.com/cll/7/6/> CLL 20<http://dag.github.com/cll/20/>

Yes. But the {mi} in {le mi karce} isn't more special than {mi} in {mi
nelci ti}. You can say

abu: mi nelci ti
by: ji'a mi go'i

to parallel the CLL example. The example in CLL 20 also uses {mi
go'i}.

>
>
> > >> or
>
> > >> - Good night !
> > >> - [Good night to] you too !
>
> > > abu: ko lifri lonu xamgu nicte
> > > by: ji'a go'i
>
> > I'm not sure, but I think this also requires {ra'o}
>
> No. It doesn't.

Why so sure? I haven't seen anything on how {go'i}/{go'i ra'o}
interacts with {ko}.

Jonathan Jones

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Mar 6, 2012, 4:36:21 PM3/6/12
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My mistake. I was under the impression that go'i kept the referents the same, such that

abu: xu do klama lo zarci
by: go'i

means

abu: xu do klama lo zarci
by: mi klama lo zarci

not

abu: xu do klama lo zarci
by: do klama lo zarci

whereas ra'o causes the sumti to be re-evaluated from the speaker's perspective, such that

abu: xu do klama lo zarci
by: go'ira'o

means

abu: xu do klama lo zarci
by: do klama lo zarci

not

abu: xu do klama lo zarci
by: mi klama lo zarci


> and
>
> A: mi lumci le mi karce
> B: mi go'i ra'o
>
> A: I wash my car.
> B: I wash B’s car.

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Felipe Gonçalves Assis

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Mar 6, 2012, 10:09:21 PM3/6/12
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But you're right, aionys.

Pierre Abbat

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"go'i" without "ra'o" does keep the referents the same, of whatever pronouns
are carried over from the referent of "go'i". I don't see what mistake you
think you made. If B explicitly says "mi", the referent of "mi" is B, but if
"mi" is carried over from the referent of "go'i" when A said it, the referent
of "mi" is A. "go'i ra'o" updates the referents of the pronouns that are
carried over.

Pierre
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