[lojban-beginners] Re: vreta

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 04:54:07PM -0400, Luke Bergen wrote:
> So in my dictionary I have the following definition:
> vreta     vre      reclining            'rest'               x1
> lies/rests/reclines/reposes on x2; x1 is reclining/recumbent/lying on
> x2                      an  68    (cf. cpana, surla, zutse, ckana, lazni)
> 
> Why would a gismu have a definition like "<verb>ing"?  

Because "Bob is reclining on the couch" is just the present tense
activity; blame the copula.

> It seems like the definition should be "recline" and to get
> "reclining" you would have to say "nu vreta".

No, you would use nu for "I'm watching Bob reclining on the couch.".

mi viska le nu la .bab. cu vreta le sfofa

I'm not at all sure I understand what's confusing you, I'm afraid.

-Robin

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