Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 10:06:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199802231506.KAA29442@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: properties and locations X-To: jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-UIDL: a854cd56de0da45a542e49984b4a2c18 X-Mozilla-Status: 8011 X-From-Space-Date: Mon Feb 23 11:59:37 1998 X-From-Space-Address: - >Other places that seem to have an attraction for properties >are location places. Are the following sentences good Lojban? > > le bitmu cu klama le ka blabi kei le ka xunre > The wall goes to being white from being red. > > le bitmu cu jibni le ka blabi > The wall is close to being white. > > le bitmu cu darno le ka blabi > The wall is far from being white. > > le bitmu cu jbini le ka blabi kei joi le ka xunre > The wall is between being white and being red. > > le bitmu cu zvati le ka blabi > The wall is at being white. > > mi punji le bitmu le ka blabi > I put the wall at being white. > These seem like sumti raising from something like le ka le blabi cu ckaji steci sorry le ka le bitmu cu ckaji steci ==> tu'a le bitmu though I have trouble figuring out the punji example even so. It looks more like rinkygau. lojbab