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[lojban-beginners] Re: Correction please



> > She is characteristically a funny person.
> > ko'a sekai xajmi prenu / ko'a kai xajmi prenu
>
> {sekai} would introduce a second, unmentioned characteristic.
> I'm not sure what {kai} does, as it introduces some unmentioned
> someone or something with a property. I would prefer:
>
>    ko'a ckaji lo ka xajmi prenu
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes

> > She is characteristically a funny person.
> > ko'a sekai xajmi prenu / ko'a kai xajmi prenu
>
>   No.  This doesn't work.  sekai/kai is a modal.   It says that she
> (characterized/ or characterized by something unspecified) is a f unny
> person.  You want ko'a ckaji lo ka ce'u xajmi prenu (she is characterized by
> the property of her being a funny person).
>
>           --gejyspa

What if it's her who characterizes the very property of being a funny
person, that is, she is funny in a way that is characteristic to her?
How about {ko'a kai ri xajmi prenu}?

mu'o mi'e vid