[lojban-beginners] Re: difference between di'o and tu'i

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

ahh, thank you.  So for instance, "where is the bathroom" might be "ma tu'i lo vimku'a" while "where is the book" would probably be "ma se di'o lo cukta".  Am I right?

 - Luke Bergen

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:57 AM, komfo,amonan <komfoamonan@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Based on the lojban dictionary I don't quite get the subtle difference
> between di'o and tu'i.  Can anyone expound on this for me?
>
> di'o      BAI      at the locus of                           diklo modal,
> 1st place                            at the locus of ...
> tu'i      BAI      associated with site                      stuzi modal,
> 1st place (used to situate letters)  associated with site ... ; label with
> location
>
> It seems like they are similar but I don't really know what the exact
> definition of "locus" is anyway so maybe they're completely different.
>
> If you wanted to say "where is John?" would you use di'o, tu'i, or something
> completely different?
>
> - Luke Bergen

They are similar indeed. This issue was discussed in a thread about a
year ago: < http://www.lojban.org/lists/lojban-beginners/msg05823.html
>

"Where is John?" -- { la djan. zvati ma }

mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan