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From:         John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
Subject:      Re: How jai and tu'a work
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la .and. cusku di'e

> >  tu'a la lojbab.               bapli    lenu mi'o tavla bau la lojban.
> >  (some event concerning Lojbab) forces  (the event of me-you talk in Lojban)
>
> My maoste has {tua} = "the bridi implied by". To me a bridi is a du'u
> - something that is true or false, not an event in the midst of a network
> of interacting forces. I think there is a general confusion in jbobau
> selsku between events and propositions.

Don't get hung up on the keyword definitions in the lists, which are only
mnemonic and not defining.  "tu'a <sumti>" is "le su'u <sumti> co'e", that's
defining.

--
John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
                e'osai ko sarji la lojban.