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Re: [engelang] Xorban Development



On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@hidden.email> wrote:

I propose these to start with:

ce'a: I hereby permit
ce'e: I hearby exhort
ce'i: I hereby command
ce'o: I hereby request
ce'u: I hereby suggest
ce: I hereby direct (general purpose directive)

ce'e da xrbna bngake'e

These remind me of Láadan.

bó                           I command...; command speech act, neutral (very rare except to small children)

bóo                         I request...; request speech act, neutral (usual "command" form)

bé                           I say as a promise...; promise speech act, neutral

bée                         I say in warning...; warning speech act, neutral

báa                         I say to you as a question; I ask you; I ask...; question speech act, neutral

bíi                           I say...: "I say to you, as a statement": declarative speech act, neutral (usually optional)


stevo 

> In the not-so-distant future, it will be important for this question to be
> as concise as possible.

Ah, I thought it was meant as an "e'osai ko sarji la lojban" sort of
motto. I like "cu" for yes/no questions:

cu da xrbna bngake'e

I'm not sure how serious you are about o'a, but when we get to "this
one" we can use that instead.


mu'o mi'e xorxes