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  (incidentally, it's "zbasu", not "zabsu")

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:37 AM, H. Felton <lojban707@fagricipni.com> wrote:

> I know that the CLL uses "living things are made of cells" as
> an *example* of the use of "zi'o" --
> "loi jimve cu se zabsu zi'o loi selci" --; nevertheless,
> there must be a better way of expressing the "made of"
> relationship.  My thought-of sentence was "ordinary matter is
> made of atoms" (On an incidental note, I decided that I needed
> to use "slabu" for this use of "ordinary".); I ended up with
> "lo slabu marji ku gunma lo ratni".
>
> As far as the original "loi jimve cu se zabsu zi'o loi selci",
> I can see no reason post-xorlo that "lo" wouldn't work just as
> well as "loi"; ie, "lo jimve cu se zabsu zi'o lo selci".  Then
> with my choice for "is made of": "lo jimve cu gunma lo selci".
>
> I'm not so sure about the choice of "lo" vs "loi" as I am that
> there _should be_ a better expression for "is made of" than
> having to use "zabsu" with the maker place blocked up with
> "zo'i"; the concept of "is made of" is just too common.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">=A0 (incidentally, it&#39;s &quot;zbasu&quot;, not &quot;z=
absu&quot;)<br><br>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 7:37 AM, H. Felton <span =
dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lojban707@fagricipni.com">lojban707@fagri=
cipni.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex=
; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote">I know that the CLL uses &quot;l=
iving things are made of cells&quot; as<br>an *example* of the use of &quot=
;zi&#39;o&quot; --<br>
&quot;loi jimve cu se zabsu zi&#39;o loi selci&quot; --; nevertheless,<br>t=
here must be a better way of expressing the &quot;made of&quot;<br>relation=
ship. =A0My thought-of sentence was &quot;ordinary matter is<br>made of ato=
ms&quot; (On an incidental note, I decided that I needed<br>
to use &quot;slabu&quot; for this use of &quot;ordinary&quot;.); I ended up=
 with<br>&quot;lo slabu marji ku gunma lo ratni&quot;.<br><br>As far as the=
 original &quot;loi jimve cu se zabsu zi&#39;o loi selci&quot;,<br>I can se=
e no reason post-xorlo that &quot;lo&quot; wouldn&#39;t work just as<br>
well as &quot;loi&quot;; ie, &quot;lo jimve cu se zabsu zi&#39;o lo selci&q=
uot;. =A0Then<br>with my choice for &quot;is made of&quot;: &quot;lo jimve =
cu gunma lo selci&quot;.<br><br>I&#39;m not so sure about the choice of &qu=
ot;lo&quot; vs &quot;loi&quot; as I am that<br>
there _should be_ a better expression for &quot;is made of&quot; than<br>ha=
ving to use &quot;zabsu&quot; with the maker place blocked up with<br>&quot=
;zo&#39;i&quot;; the concept of &quot;is made of&quot; is just too common.<=
br>
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