Received: from mail-vx0-f189.google.com ([209.85.220.189]:55934) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1RVkmp-0006a0-UC; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:24 -0800 Received: by vcbfk26 with SMTP id fk26sf680568vcb.16 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:17 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:references :user-agent:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KAdnVj79tIIadm48dhELCiRT6SMhHyFP81O2zLfey/A=; b=OUgMNLGshZyUmzKTkS7vKwopIf5fUiXda8mN0Ko0pm6iFiTyHNsfRRWrjfHRTYHqCv FWVr60XA7P81Dhv8G6BAC74K9/v/BGZHSF8miEQhrwQuCb6cxOEpoDVhEV0m9jM63Pca 3xRGaTSAQbezT6U6giBRLzu/WD7PubDOW1b7E= Received: by 10.52.117.179 with SMTP id kf19mr434060vdb.20.1322661912812; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.220.239.136 with SMTP id kw8ls922077vcb.1.canary; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.168.70 with SMTP id j46mr4348067yhl.2.1322661912088; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.168.70 with SMTP id j46mr4348064yhl.2.1322661912068; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-gx0-f183.google.com (mail-gx0-f183.google.com [209.85.161.183]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e38si373390ana.0.2011.11.30.06.05.12 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of janek37@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.183 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.161.183; Received: by mail-gx0-f183.google.com with SMTP id r4so724055ggn.0 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.161.34 with SMTP id v22mr1005796yhk.9.1322661912031; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by y6g2000yqe.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:05:12 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/11.04 Chromium/14.0.835.202 Chrome/14.0.835.202 Safari/535.1,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <88b54c7e-c3c6-497c-8ff6-c7803de00a9e@y6g2000yqe.googlegroups.com> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: I want an apple From: ianek To: Lojban Beginners X-Original-Sender: janek37@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of janek37@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.183 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=janek37@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / I guess my idea what to write change in the time of writing. This sometimes produces weird results. On Nov 30, 12:55=A0pm, MorphemeAddict wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:48 PM, ianek wrote: > > I think it's because in natural languages "I want an apple" is a > > mental abbreviation. Lojban tries to deal with implicit things like > > that. As you quoted, wanting an object is wanting to possess or do > > something else with an object. So it's more logical definition to > > define {djica} in one way instead of making it ambiguous. > > You have to > > simple ways to overcome it: > > Hunh? What does this mean? Is the first "to" just a typo? > > > {mi jai djica lo plise}, {mi ctidji lo > > plise}, {mi djica tu'a lo plise}, {mi djica lo nu citka lo plise} or > > even {mi plisyctidji} :) > > > mu'o mi'e ianek > > stevo > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 29, 11:19 pm, MorphemeAddict wrote: > > > Someone (David Gowers?) recently (Aug. 17, 2011?) wrote: > > > > "You have an object in troci x2, but troci x2 is an abstraction. This= is > > > the same problem as with {mi djica lo plise} -- you don't desire an > > apple, > > > you desire to possess an apple, or eat an apple... This is known as s= umti > > > raising. You need to put an abstraction in x2, then you will not be > > > sumti-raising -- and will make sense, besides." > > > > I've wondered about this before. Why is wanting an object called > > > sumti-raising? Why must the object (x2?) of {djica} be an abstraction= ? Is > > > it simply because that's how the word was defined? If so, why was it > > > defined that way? > > > > stevo > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Grou= ps > > "Lojban Beginners" group. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@= googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= -beginners?hl=3Den.