Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:44:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712201844.NAA25008@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Sender: Lojban list From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Subject: Re: wants and needs X-To: lojban To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 564 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Dec 20 13:44:34 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU cu'u la robin >> mi nitcu le nu mi se karcrferari kei le nu mi se djica loi ninmu >> I need to be ferraried in order to be desired by women. >> >>[{karcrferari} inherits the place structure of {karce}: "x1 is a Ferrari >>for carrying x2 propelled by x3".] > >Cool! But does {karcrferari} mean "to have a Ferrari", "to drive a Ferrari" >or "to be a passenger in a Ferrari"? It doesn't mean exactly any one of them. It depends on context. You can be carried by a Ferrari being a passenger or driving it, that selbri doesn't specify. co'o mi'e xorxes