From noras@cox.net Fri May 14 15:07:50 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 14 May 2004 15:07:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakermmtao08.cox.net ([68.230.240.31]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BOkqF-0003Rt-I6 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 14 May 2004 15:07:43 -0700 Received: from nora.cox.net ([68.228.12.146]) by lakermmtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.02 201-2131-111-104-20040324) with ESMTP id <20040514220710.RCVK29868.lakermmtao08.cox.net@nora.cox.net> for ; Fri, 14 May 2004 18:07:10 -0400 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20040514180927.00ac4250@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: noras@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 18:09:50 -0400 To: lojban-list@lojban.org From: Nora LeChevalier Subject: [lojban] Re: word for "action" In-Reply-To: <20040514123632.GC23808@fysh.org> References: <20040514122235.41814.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> <20040514033651.GB18460@ccil.org> <20040514122235.41814.qmail@web41904.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-archive-position: 7855 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: noras@cox.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list At 01:36 PM 5/14/04 +0100, Zefram wrote: >I think we've been taking the wrong approach. The way to create an >"is an event" selbri in Lojban is to use "nu". "nu co'e kei" avoids >specifying the type of event: it's a selbri with place structure "x1 >is an event/state/process". The lujvo is "nunco'e". "nunco'e valsi" >would lead to a lujvo "nuncomkezvla", or possibly "nuncomvla". > >-zefram Something based on "fasnu" perhaps? -- mi'e noras noras@cox.net Nora LeChevalier