[lojban-beginners] Re: A0: the first words

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 5/22/07, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

> > Is it "xa'ujbi" or "jbixa'u"?
> > Which is better/more common?
>
> Different place structure. For "x1 is a neighbor of x2" I would use {xa'ujbi},
> since that's more like the place structure of {jibni}. The place structure I
> would use for {jbixa'u} is "x1 lives at x2, which is near x3", which matches
> the noralujv definition but not the other one in jbovlaste.

I would build the place structures as follows:

xa'ujbi: ko'a jibni ko'e lo ka ce'u xabju ma kau
          x1 is close to x2 in the property of where they live.

jbixa'u: ko'a xabju lo jibni be ko'e
          x1 lives close to person/site x2

So the difference between them is that {xa'ujbi} woould be for the
relationship between two people (two dwellers), while {jbixa'u}
is a bit more general, for example it could also be used for the
relationship between a person and a neighbourhood.

mu'o mi'e xorxes