Received: from mail-pz0-f61.google.com ([209.85.210.61]:40504) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S8V8d-0004wL-LY; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:16:05 -0700 Received: by dacx6 with SMTP id x6sf5770630dac.16 for ; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:15:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:date:from:to:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id :list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=WTcjxtREbacMPDfXOC4Hy00EEwxikUPCMFYLlV8mzCU=; b=XopT2PvZ1CgQRvMMTfCqU4S0evwTb6xJeGAm/3v5bOGcEG+bi0ngFKnbKf3pQ0Sf5k MnHr8xtbKxghp/pMr4xBxmVGTXaXuXpLJ249p4EhKO0o5wMAGIq4bw36inXViT8iDVnE rBhGv2gRMF1qjg2KH9xg1e57IoLgwPKyFEKmA= Received: by 10.236.184.134 with SMTP id s6mr392190yhm.17.1331896533484; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:15:33 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.236.86.115 with SMTP id v79ls7632016yhe.2.gmail; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:15:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.236.184.134 with SMTP id s6mr392189yhm.17.1331896533061; Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:15:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:15:32 -0700 (PDT) From: gleki To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Message-ID: <2343119.814.1331896532433.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynkz21> In-Reply-To: References: <26361784.259.1331827845548.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynjw14> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Major flaw in Lojban ! (was:Pivotal sentences in Pandunia. How to express them in Lojban ?) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: ls.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com designates internal as permitted sender) smtp.mail=gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_813_9519240.1331896532432" X-Spam-Score: -0.4 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.4 X-Spam_score_int: -3 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 6310 ------=_Part_813_9519240.1331896532432 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Of course I know that Pandunia lacks other nice features. I want Lojban to be the best in every feature, not most features. It's not= =20 a competition.=20 The victory over other logical projects must be total. The question is similar to recent discussion about {kakne} - x1 is capable= =20 of {x2} which accomplishes the requirement of pivotal sentences whereas=20 many other gismu do not. {mi cpedu lonu do rinsa [ko'a,zo'e,lo prenu, etc.]} is not the answer. It's= =20 too ambiguous. Where is x3 ? Who are you asking this for ? It's like {mi kakne lo nu do rinsa mi} - an impractical solution that could= =20 be logically possible. Compare with {djica} - {mi djica lo nu do rinsa mi} - that *is* within the= =20 baseline. The major flaw in Lojban is that it cannot compactly express "I ask you to= =20 greet me". You have to say {mi cpedu [fe] lo nu do rinsa [ku] [fi] do} And here is the lack of compactness (two valsi {do} instead of one). Even English (not Pandunia !) is better. "I ask you to greet me" -=20 absolutely no need to repeat the word "you". SO THE MAJOR FLAW OF LOJBAN IS THE LACK OF CONNECTION BETWEEN SUMTI in many= =20 gismu. I can see only one solution. {mi cpedu fi do poi rinsa} therefore completely ignoring x2 (the act of=20 ignoring at least won't break the baseline). But I'm not sure whether it preserves the needed meaning. On Friday, March 16, 2012 10:31:11 AM UTC+4, Oleksii Melnyk wrote: > > > On 15 March 2012 18:10, gleki wrote: > >> So the second "sumti" *ti *in *mi peti ti *becomes the first "sumti" of= =20 >> the next construction "ti tshau ta". >> I wonder whether it's possible to do so in Lojban. May {be} or {.i ri}= =20 >> can do the trick >> > > >Pandunia ... lacks other complex grammatical structures ... > > while lojban mandates them. So, in that example, it's hard to ?factor? th= e=20 > sumti out of the abstraction. In some specific cases you can get close=20 > enough with: > > 1. common set of sumti with 2 =ABbridi tails=BB - with reversed order, co= mmon=20 > comes first > 2. NOI, with the hardcoded semantic > > --=20 > mi'e lex mu'o > > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lo= jban-beginners/-/uwkF_b01VvIJ. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@= googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= -beginners?hl=3Den. ------=_Part_813_9519240.1331896532432 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Of course I know that Pandunia lacks other nice features.
I want Lojban= to be the best in every feature, not most features. It's not a competition= . 
The victory over other logical projects must be total.

The question is similar to recent discussion about {kakne}= - x1 is capable of {x2} which accomplishes the requirement of pivotal sent= ences whereas many other gismu do not.
{mi cpedu lonu do rinsa [k= o'a,zo'e,lo prenu, etc.]} is not the answer. It's too ambiguous. Where is x= 3 ? Who are you asking this for ?
It's like {mi kakne lo nu do ri= nsa mi} - an impractical solution that could be logically possible.
Compare with {djica} - {mi djica lo nu do rinsa mi} - that *is= * within the baseline.

The major flaw in Lojban is= that it cannot compactly express "I ask you to greet me". You have to say<= /div>
{mi cpedu [fe] lo nu do rinsa [ku] [fi] do}
And here is= the lack of compactness (two valsi {do} instead of one).
Even En= glish (not Pandunia !) is better. "I ask you to greet me" - absolutely= no need to repeat the word "you".


= SO THE MAJOR FLAW OF LOJBAN IS THE LACK OF CONNECTION BETWEEN SUMTI in many= gismu.
I can see only one solution.
{mi cpedu fi do po= i rinsa} therefore completely ignoring x2 (the act of ignoring at least won= 't break the baseline).
But I'm not sure whether it preserves the= needed meaning.

On Friday, March 16, 2012 10:31:11 AM UTC+4, Oleksi= i Melnyk wrote:

On 15 March 2012 18:10, gleki <gleki.is.my.name@= gmail.com> wrote:
So the second "sumti" ti in mi peti ti becomes the = first "sumti" of the next construction "ti tshau ta".
I wonder wh= ether it's possible to do so in Lojban. May {be} or {.i ri} can do the tric= k

>Pandunia ... lacks other complex grammatical stru= ctures ...

while lojban mandates them. So, in that example, it's ha= rd to ?factor? the sumti out of the abstraction. In some specific cases you= can get close enough with:

1. common set of sumti with 2 =ABbridi tails=BB - with reversed order, = common comes first
2. NOI, with the hardcoded semantic

--
mi'e lex mu'o

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