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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: I'm a Believer
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> > > Dreams (se senva) are abstractions too: "x1 dreams about/that
> > > x2 (fact/idea/event/state)".
> > >
> > Could you give a definition/explanation of what is an abstraction?
>
> In Lojban, properties, events, propositions, etc are called
> "abstractions", and the cmavo of selmaho NU are called
> "abstractors".
>
I knew about the abstractors. What confuses me is that /mi pu steba ro se
senva be mi/ has no such abstractor and yet steba requires an abstraction:
steba: x1 feels frustration about x2 (abstraction)
That leads me to conclude that abstractions do not necessarily requires an
abstractor and thus it leaves me with a vague idea of what an abstraction
is.