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Jorge Llamb�as, On 31/08/2012 00:39:
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:24 PM, And Rosta<and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:I meant it was analogous to "ne" in that it binds a variable within its complement and returns a monadic predicate. "la no je xkra xrma mrsa", "Black Horse is dead".Right, but that's equivalent to "le no je xkra xrma mrse". The "a" inside no has nothing to do with the vowel of "la":
I'd assumed it had, as if names always expressed a property, because of no having replaced d-, but your way is better, more general, covers book titles, etc.
la nnla le nxle li no ce na tlmrje'eka'a dndakike "The boy gave the girl the forget-me-not."
"se xnre su blnu je rzge no ce na tlmrje'eka'a dndakike" The red is the rose, the blue is the forget-me-not. I think this "no" has got to be a C-V where V is variable, just like ne had to become t-V. Say, m-V: "se xnre su blnu je rzge mu ce na tlmrje'eka'a dndakike"
But now I have to allow illocutionaries be inside the scope of operators...
Good! But "no"/m-V is essentially a quote marker, so this is to be expected. I think you should do comparatives next. Once Xorban can do comparatives, it can probably do most of whatever else it needs to. --And.