Received: from mail-pb0-f61.google.com ([209.85.160.61]:33021) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SpZ8p-0000ee-Qt; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:20 -0700 Received: by pbbro2 with SMTP id ro2sf3618138pbb.16 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to: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=6Dd6n2Y+GPtyJajzP897uq/7OmGGUVFoPrhQ+jripg8=; b=z3gCiZ418NfAor1A1XVe3I9wORwoaoN9njvgIig3xSRXOzAwGLkXQNom0cuYsdbkUQ miXVWFMeOflPILAMTRLz+jA9rQHvhpWRb8VBy5U56pW1NZ0lzEEbi3JOHIO35UtjlhAV Us3Z9zxZ4zbEqxPi0IJGk2nn86iDAnB+YhGyQ= Received: by 10.52.36.52 with SMTP id n20mr41549vdj.4.1342160049364; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:09 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.220.119.137 with SMTP id z9ls1573487vcq.2.gmail; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.33.1 with SMTP id n1mr753159vdi.4.1342160048332; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.33.1 with SMTP id n1mr753156vdi.4.1342160048322; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vc0-f177.google.com (mail-vc0-f177.google.com [209.85.220.177]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y4si311777vds.2.2012.07.12.23.14.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of nictytan@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.177 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.177; Received: by vcbf13 with SMTP id f13so2477457vcb.8 for ; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.174.37 with SMTP id bp5mr443675vdc.114.1342160048221; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:14:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.24.193 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:13:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4FFDFD65.5050507@plasmatix.com> From: Jacob Errington Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:13:48 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] lo nu pilno zo kakne ce'onai lo sucta To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: nictytan@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of nictytan@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.177 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=nictytan@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: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 4042 It doesn't require a redefinition because the types of places are not static. In fact, it's legal, albeit shunned upon, to use concrete sumti in abstraction places. Regardless, there's no redefinition required if one wants to use a property place in kakne2. On 12 July 2012 17:42, mudri wrote: > Would that require a redefinition, something like "x1 is able to > have/exhibit property x2", or would that be legal now? > > > On Thursday, 12 July 2012 22:31:49 UTC+1, tsani wrote: >> >> On 12 July 2012 17:15, wrote: >> > But that one doesn't say who the talker is. It says "I can (event-of >> > unspecified-it talks)". Isn't that a problem? >> > >> >> Depends on who you ask, but the general consensus is that the x1 of >> kakne *must* find its way into the abstraction of kakne2. >> In fact, a previous discussion about the properties of kakne2 led me >> (and a handful of others) to believe that kakne2 should be a >> ka-abstraction, where the {ce'u} refers to the value of kakne1. >> >> {mi kakne lo ka [ce'u] tavla} "I can talk." >> >> mu'o mi'e la tsani >> >> > On Wednesday, 11 July 2012 23:25:41 UTC+1, selpa'i wrote: >> >> >> >> Am 11.07.2012 19:50, schrieb jammyatjammy@gmail.com: >> >> > le munvelski be zo kakne du la'e zoi gy x1 is able to do/be/capable >> >> > of >> >> > doing/being x2 (event/state) under conditions x3 (event/state) gy .i >> >> > xu zoi gy being gy nibyti'i lo du'u zo kakne kakne lo selpli secau zo >> >> > nu to noi simsa nunpli fi tu'a le vi jufra toi >> >> > >> >> > The description of "kakne" is "x1 is able to do/be/capable of >> >> > doing/being x2 (event/state) under conditions x3 (event/state)". Does >> >> > "being" imply that "kakne" can be used without "nu" after it, and >> >> > instead using a simple sumti (as I did above). >> >> > >> >> > Probably a simpler example is {mi kakne lo tavla be fo la lojban.} - >> >> > "I can-be a talker in-language Lojban" .i xu di'u xagytadji lo nu >> >> > pilno zo kakne >> >> >> >> It says "do/be" because those two are the same thing in Lojban. There >> >> is >> >> no to be or to do. That is, there is no difference between "I am a man" >> >> {mi nanmu }and "I [do] walk" {mi cadzu}. It's always just an argument >> >> (sumti) filling a place of a predicate (selbri). You still need an >> >> abstraction for kakne. {mi kakne lo ka/nu tavla} means both "I can be a >> >> talker" and "I can talk". >> >> >> >> mu'o mi'e la selpa'i >> >> >> >> -- >> >> .i pau mi me ma .i pa mai ko mi jungau la'e di'u >> >> .i ba bo mi va'o lo nu nelci lo nu me ma kau cu barkla >> >> .i va'o lo nu na nelci cu denpa ti lo nu mi drata >> >> >> > -- >> > 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/lojban-beginners/-/o_YJVA9fUjMJ. >> > >> > 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=en. > > -- > 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/lojban-beginners/-/aKgfzKJKY_8J. > > 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=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. 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