[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 12

["A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>]

> >
> >
> > Then how would you say 'Paul Revere was an American patriot'?
> >
> 
>   la pal.rivir naijgi lo merko
> 
>   Why is that problematic for you?

It isn't.  But to me that is exactly what 
'j1 is a patriot of nation n1' gives you.

The issue seesm to be whether one is patriotic about the nation 
or its peoples (or something broader as {lo merko} suggests).

 
>   What your lojban definition really should be, I think:
> 
> j1=n2 jgira tu'a n1 (or j1=n2 jgira lo du'u n1 natmi ce'u, if you must)
> 
totus