From: Logical Language Group <lojbab>
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Subject: Empathy (was: ciska bai tu'a zo bai)
To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 13:28:15 -0400 (ADT)
Cc: lojbab@access.digex.net (Logical Language Group)
In-Reply-To: <199407252334.AA12438@nfs1.digex.net> from "Jorge Llambias" at Jul 25, 94 07:36:05 pm
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la xorxes. cusku di'e

> la djan di'e mi spusku
> 
> > >         le jatna cu catlu le nu le bloti .uudai cu klama le xasloi
> > >         The captain looks how the boat, poor thing, sinks.
> > >
> > > The empathy is of course with the captain, not with the boat. The boat is
> > > what inspires the pity, not who feels it. Should uu be stuck to the object
> > > of pity or to the one who feels pity, in the case of empathy?
> >
> > Presumably still to the object of pity.  Better yet, use a "sei".
> 
> Do you mean {se'i}? Or rather,  {se'inai}, "other-oriented"?

No, I mean "sei", the metalinguistic comment introducer:

	le jatna cu catlu le nu le bloti sei le jatna kecti cu klama le xasloi

-- 
John Cowan		sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.