[lojban-beginners] Re: Parallel confusion.

[Brett Williams <mungojelly@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Jon Top Hat Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just run across something rather confusing in Parallel Plus. In Module
> 1, Example 158, the English is "Anna's bicycle", but the Lojban given is {le
> la .anas. karce}, instead of the nigh impossible for me to pronounce
> {relxilma'e} I expected.
>
> Is this an error, or did the author decide that a bike fits a rather loose
> interpretation of car?


I'd say it's a less standard usage.  I think to be a "karce" something
needs a motor.  I might call a motorcycle a "karce", but not a manual
bike.

I can say "relxilma'e" easily enough, after a few years of practice,
if that's encouraging.  A lot of people seem to not like it, though,
so we might give za'e "jmama'e" a try?


mu'o mi'e la stela se ckiku