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| I'm studying this to see what Loglan notions I want Ceqli to incorporate. First off, kyu > ku. Acts like Eo cxu or Loglan ei. ka calls for an argument, like Loglan hu: zi ten ka. zi sta ka. What do you have. Where are you? zi bi ka? Who are you? But, I think, I need a word for 'which,' which isn't the same thing as asking for a description. Perhaps ki. ciq tom hon. Please take a book. ki? Which? ki hon? Which book? Then there's a question like? What book are you reading? which, depending on context, could mean which book, or what (sort of) book? If the first: ki hon zi gi kan? Which book are you reading? to zi pa don sa hon. the book you gave (me). If the second: ke hon zi gi kan? What book are you reading? tem kanin sa hon. A book about dogs. Which would make 'ke' call for a predicate, not an argument. So, if I go with this, I have ka ki ke ku, leaving ko as a possible interrogative. (I said before, we don't need a 'how many' form, because like your 'homeni', it can be made out of 'ke' kesi hon zi ten? How many books do you have? So maybe 'ko' can be equivalent to Loglan 'ha', which asks for a connective. zi vol kawa ko pani? You want coffee or water? Steve, is this a good idea? Just how useful is Loglan 'ha'? It's certainly elegant, as in the example above, but it's also possible to make a construction that would do the same thing without wasting a root. On Feb 7, 2007, at 10:42 PM, li_sasxsek@hidden.email wrote:
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