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Re: [ceqli] Re: connectives



on 2/8/04 1:20 PM, HandyDad at lsulky@hidden.email wrote:


> 
> I reread my Loglan discussion of "noa". Several times. I'm hanging on
> by a thread of comprehension, but I'm okay with "bukaw" and
> therefore "bebukaw".
>
Thread of comprehension.  Couldn't have put it better myself.
>> 
>> the latter two are very Loglanish in form and structure, and I do
> think I
>> want to preserve that logic-ish aspect of Loglan in ceqli.
>> 
>> Now, the word 'and', I think, can be modified by putting it into
> compounds.
> 
> Do you mean logical compounds, or compound predicates? Example?

I'm thinking of stuff like.

Go pa kom fukay ho dorm.
I ate, then went to sleep.

Go pa xaw zi, folokay go pa heyl zi.
I saw you, so I said-hello to you.

go bi hamerhaymjin, jiqkay go bol franbol.
I'm an American, but (surprise-and) I speak French.

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