Re: [jboske] sane kau? (was: RE: Re: RE: Re: lo'edu'u

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Jorge Llambias scripsit:

> Surely the marriage one can say interesting things about is
> {nu speni}, whether it be particular cases with {le nu speni}
> or marriage in general {lo'e nu speni}. 

How about "Marriage is a legal contract"?

> We never
> really say anything about the properties themselves or about the
> relations themselves other than that they apply to certain sumti.
> What else would we say about them?

In Lojban, redness is a one-place relation.

Redness is more salient than blueness, but less salient than yellowness.

Friendship is unstable compared to brotherhood.

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