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[lojban-beginners] Re: Agriculture and fisheries



Of course, that seems obvious now.  I guess I got thrown by
'showing' as opposed to 'having'.  Taken literally, the official
definition implies that if the common properties are not visible,
then you can't use {girzu}.
mu'o mi'e andrus


----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 1:06:07 PM
> Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Agriculture and fisheries
> 
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 9:38 AM, A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> 
> >
> > The problem I have with {se girzu} is that I don't understand the English
> > definition.  What on Earth does '...showing common property (ka) x2...'
> > mean?
> >
> 
>   It means what makes them a group?  What do they have in common?  tu
> girzu lo ka vofli cipni -- "That's a flock of flying birds" ("that is
> a group which share  a property of being flying birds")
> 
>   (I have more of a problem with the X3 and 4 part, myself.
> 
>             --gejyspa