On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Annie <park.annie@asb.gaggle.net> wrote:

How can braces mean "similar"?

Braces { } have no meaning. They only serve to qu= ote Lojban text when typing in a non-Lojban language. You've misread th= ese messages.
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On Nov 24, 2012, at 3:25 AM, Jon= athan Jones <eyeo= nus@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:11 PM, m= udri <jammyatjammy@gmail.com> wrote:

Can I add something? I notice that {jibni} has been given a simplified tran= slation that reads something like "similar, close in properties".= For a while, I guessed at {simsa}, since it seems to fit that translation = remarkably well (better, if I've not misunderstood). In fact, what is t= he difference between these two?

The full definitions are almost exactly the same, too, = which is why my simplied definition (the ones used in Memrise) are so close= . The words are almost exactly the same in meaning.

From the notes (in simsa), I'd say that two Golden Delicious apple= s can be both simsa and jibni, a picture (or painting) is simsa (assuming i= t's of something that exists in real life, like a landscape or still li= fe), and a length of string which is .01 cm shorter than another string is = jibni.

On Tuesday, 14 August 20= 12 12:40:40 UTC+1, kamisori wrote:
Hello, i have quite alot trouble keeping those two apart.
I propose to = change {zmadu}s definition to "x1 is more than or exceeds x2 in x3 by = amount x4" hereby it would be easier to memorise its meaning, because = to me the similarity of "x1 exceeds or is more than x2 in x3 by amount= x4" to=A0"x1 is an excess of x2 by standard x3" is hinderin= g my learning effort.

What do you guys think?

.u'= ;i On the other hand, of course i could simply try to read the definition m= ore carefully, but due to the timers i always feel like i'm in a hurry.= ..

mlatu

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