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[lojban-beginners] Re: Yitzik asks his first questions



On 5/26/08, I.Penzev <isaacp@ukr.net> wrote:
>
> If I understand correctly, ti botpi loi birje means 'this is a bottle of
> beer'.

According to the gi'uste, it would actually mean "this is a bottle *for*
beer", it could be empty, or filled with water. But in fact I expect your
sense is what's most sensible.

There doesn't seems to be any consistency in the way containers
are handled by the official definitions. We have "bottle *for* contents",
"bucket *of* contents", "basket *with* contents".

mu'o mi'e xorxes