[lojban-beginners] Re: negative-opinion text

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 4/16/2009 09:28:55 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com writes:


> Also, while lojban is supposed to be a logical language it is also supposed to be a spoken language ninmu is a word that we use often, we could just as easily say "fetre'a" (fetsi+remna) so in a way his point is moot actually.  "fet" could be the femail "prefix" and "nak" the male "prefix" when constructing lujvo.  Nothing from the lojban way of doing things has to change and we have close to the diversity that this guy is talking about.  fetlan = ewe.


My concern was that he condemned the whole language based on one minor trait.  He said nothing about how words *are* formed, about the syntax, or attitudinals, or optional kinds of words, or the predicate structures.  

And "fetlan" is a cmevla; I might use "fetlanme".
"fetre'a" for 'woman' and "nakre'a" for 'man' are both legitimate words, as are "fetpre" and "nakpre", which I would use for Klingons, for instance, (and which include humans and artificial people).

stevo