From MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Tue Oct 19 06:07:10 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:07:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imo-m14.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.204]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJthG-0003Xw-2y for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:06:38 -0700 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-m14.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id d.15a.414a3e29 (17228) for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:06:01 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <15a.414a3e29.2ea66b38@wmconnect.com> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:06:00 EDT Subject: [lojban] word derivatives To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_15a.414a3e29.2ea66b38_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 12 X-archive-position: 8765 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_15a.414a3e29.2ea66b38_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 2004-10-19 5:21:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > By the way: how does one derive causative forms, stative forms etc.? Are > they derived from the same root or do they have separate forms? I think the > first option would be more logical. > > Regards, > > > H.Bos > This is one area where Lojban is extremely weak. Lojban uses separate, unrelated forms (none derived from any other) for this kind of word. Fixing it (and I do think it merits fixing) would require a bunch of new lujvo, at the very least. It would make learning the vocab a lot easier though. stevo --part1_15a.414a3e29.2ea66b38_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In a message dated 2004-10-19 5:21:18=20= AM Eastern Daylight Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


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first option would be more logical.

Regards,


H.Bos


This is one area where Lojban is extremely weak.  Lojban uses separ= ate, unrelated forms (none derived from any other) for this kind of word. &n= bsp;Fixing it (and I do think it merits fixing) would require a bunch of new= lujvo, at the very least.  It would make learning the vocab a lot easi= er though.  

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