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{nitcu} is "To be able to X, Y is required".  {bilga} is "I agreed to
do Y".  So, no, nitcu is not quite what you said.

-Robin

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 09:26:01PM -0400, MorphemeAddict wrote:
> My interpretation is that need is an internal motivation, whereas
> obligation is from external sources.
> Whether this applies to Lojban, I can't say.
> 
> stevo
> 
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:18 PM, la .lindar. <lindarthebard@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > That's subtle, though.  {mi nitcu co klama le zarci mu'i lo nu mi
> >> djica lo ladru} vs. {mi bilga co klama le zarci mu'i lo nu le mamta
> >> cu cpedu}, OSLT.
> >>
> >> -Robin
> >>
> > Explain, Oh Grand Chief Lojbanistan. I don't quite see the difference. I
> > interpret as "have need of" vs. "am required to" where {nitcu} has some
> > kind of implicit raising.
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