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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:15:33 -0400
From: "Daniel Adamec" <dadamec123@gmail.com>
To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Lightbulb
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What {sumti tcita} would be used for 'because' in a response to the query
"why is the light bulb bright?". (apologies for the simplicity of the
sentence).
I had thought {ri'a} because there are several physical causes (the switch
being moved to the 'on' position, the electricity moving through the
filament, etc.).
Also, because it is (presumably) a working light bulb and has a sufficiency
of electricity correctly applied, there could be a certain amount of logic
involved (perhaps including {ni'i}) (improbable but...)
 While I doubt that this is a correct usage, there is also a human factor,
because had one not moved the switch, the light would not have activated
(barring a house fire of several thousand degrees!!).
I am probably making the problem more complicated than it really is, so once
again I apologize for the simple explanation I will no doubt receive from
several (rightfully) exasperated {jboprenu}
mu'omi'e daixel

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What {sumti tcita} would be used for 'because' in a response to the query &quot;why is the light bulb bright?&quot;. (apologies for the simplicity of the sentence).<br>I had thought {ri'a} because there are several physical causes (the switch being moved to the 'on' position, the electricity moving through the filament, etc.).
<br>Also, because it is (presumably) a working light bulb and has a sufficiency of electricity correctly applied, there could be a certain amount of logic involved (perhaps including {ni'i}) (improbable but...)<br>&nbsp;While I doubt that this is a correct usage, there is also a human factor, because had one not moved the switch, the light would not have activated (barring a house fire of several thousand degrees!!). 
<br>I am probably making the problem more complicated than it really is, so once again I apologize for the simple explanation I will no doubt receive from several (rightfully) exasperated {jboprenu}
<br>mu'omi'e daixel<br>


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