Subject: Re: [lojban] Bringing it about that

From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:46:45 -0400

At 07:25 PM 04/14/2000 -0700, Jorge Llambias wrote:

> > >x1 is prone/has a tendency/inclination/proclivity/predisposition
> > >to be/do x2;
> >
> >jinzi, ckaji (fadykai), fadytra all seem to cover some aspects of this.
>
>But in all of these x2 is an actual property of x1.

I don't think so.

> I want
>something that need not be actually realized as a property
>of x1.

This sounds like an example of using the potential/actual aspect 
markers. And those markers could not be applicable if only actual/realized 
properties could be specified.

The classic Loglan/Lojban example is "flammable", which is merely a 
tendency/proclivity to burn, and not necessarily something that actually 
will burn.

lojbab

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