Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 08:29:37 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712191329.IAA11169@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: multiple ce`u (was: Re: whether (was Re: ni, jei, X-To: jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 1236 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Dec 19 08:29:38 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU >I still can't figure out what it means to approve of a property. >Is it like approving of there being holders of the property? >Does {mi zanru le ka ce'u melbi} mean that I'm not opposed >to there being beautiful things? No, but that would be {mi zanru >le nu da melbi}. What exactly does {mi zanru le ka melbi} mean? > >co'o mi'e xorxes Can you imagine enjoying a property? If so, then recognize that one can enjoy something without approving of it (for me the properties of X-rated movies thta makes them X-rated might apply - I can enjoy them animalistically while disapproving of their being part of the movie). One cannot state this without being able to state approval or disapproval of properties. In English, I might say for the above that I do not approve of Vulgarity. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.