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On Monday, September 28, 2015 22:25:38 lojban@fagricipni.com wrote:
> mi'e la fagri cipni
>=20
> From the gismu.txt list
>=20
> jibni: x1 is near/close to/approximates x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni=
)
> simsa: x1 is similar/parallel to x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni);
>        x1 looks/appears like x2
>=20
> I assume that the "looks ... like" in "simsa"'s definition does not
> mean that the property x3 must be an appearance-related property.
> So what is the real difference in meaning between "jibni" and
> "simsa".  They both seem to mean basically the same thing.  I
> encountered this because I am working through the memrise gismu
> course and this is giving me trouble in getting the correct word.  I
> also had some problems with "simlu" but it seems to mean _appears to
> be_ under conditions x4; all I keep seeming to come up with are
> visual effects; eg, under illumination with a restricted range of
> light objects of one color will appear to be another color.  But I
> think I get the basic concept.
>=20
> I'm not getting the difference between "jibni" and "simsa".

"jibni" is the opposite of "darno". If you're talking about any sort of=20
distance (or time), use "jibni"; if you're talking about resemblance, use=
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"simsa".

lo balfipmabru lo bakni cu jbimau lo ri'erxi'a lo pu'u jutfarvi  .iku'i lo=
=20
bakni lo balfipmabru cu smimau lo ri'erxi'a lo ka citka lo stagi
Whales are closer than cows to hippopotami in evolution, but cows are more=
=20
like hippopotami than whales are in that they eat vegetables.

Pierre
--=20
When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.
J=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada, j=C3=A1 n=C3=A3o percebe nada.

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