Re: Zaik! (Hi there!) - Description of Lyanjen

Matt McLauchlin <matt_mcl@...> wrote:
> [I wrote:]
> >    Do you know Jayne Kennedy?
>
> Actually, I do! She was in my sociolinguistics class.
    She's a friend of my daughter; they went to high school together.

> >    What is the meaning of "tau" when applied to more than two conjuncts?
>
> A aut (B aut C) = A tau ca, ni B aut C. ("A or this, that B or C.")
> A aut B aut C (only one of the options) = A, B, aut C.
    So when applied to more than two conjuncts it means, "exactly one of
these".  That's the same as with the Gladilatian "fna...wo".

> E.G.
>
> Ia ebnuu, na lyosau, aut le kalau. (I will come, you will run, or she will
> visit. Only one of those three things will occur.)
>
> Ia ebnuu aut ca, ni na lyosau aut le kalau. (I will come, otherwise either
> you will run or she will visit.)
>
> ...but I must admit, I'm not quite sure of the difference.
    The difference is when all three atomic statements are true.  Then the
former compound statement is false and the latter is true.  The former is
false because more than one of the conjuncts is true.  The latter is true
because it is equivalent to:
  true_statement exclusive_or (true_statement exclusive_or true_statement),
which is equivalent to:
  true_statement exclusive_or false_statement,
which is equivalent to:
  true_statement.

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
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