Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qa7VL-00004uC; Mon, 15 Aug 94 22:15 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9158; Mon, 15 Aug 94 22:14:13 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9155; Mon, 15 Aug 1994 22:14:13 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6763; Mon, 15 Aug 1994 21:13:12 +0200 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 09:10:55 -0700 Reply-To: jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jimc@MATH.UCLA.EDU Subject: Re: xruti agentless To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Aug 94 15:59:58 EDT." <9408141958.AA16071@julia.math.ucla.edu> Content-Length: 655 Lines: 17 Jorge Llambias writes: > A plea to remove another place: the x1 of xruti. Presently: xruti xru x1 (agent) returns x2 to origin/earlier state x3 from x4 To be: xruti xru x1 returns to origin/earlier state x2 from x3 > I think that the concept "x1 is back in state x2" is important enough, and > {se'ixru} doesn't really mean this, while {xrugau} would be exactly the same > that {xruti} is now. I second the motion. Originally there were very few transitive (agentive) gismu, and I was comfortable using lujvo to make transitives. mi nelci le nu la lojban. ba *xruti le nu loi gasnu valsi cu rirci -- jimc