[lojban-beginners] Re: sides

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

2009/5/15 Jorge LlambÃas <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There's no general FAhA for "side," but a number of them come close. ÂLooking
>> at the list, I see:
>>
>> Â{ne'a} - next to, approximating
>
> = fi'o se jibni
>
>> Â{re'o} - adjacent to, touching, contacting
>
> = fi'o se lamji
>
>> Â{te'e} - bordering, edged by, edging up to
>
> =fi'o se korbi
>
>> Â{zo'a} - tangential to, passing by
>
> =fi'o se noryragve
>

  fi'o constructions create modals (BAI) not tenses (FAhA).  Although
they are related semantically, they are not the same.  In particular,
you say te'e=fi'o se korbi.  But fi'o se korbi=se koi.  does te'e=se
koi?  (still waiting for a cmavo for fi'o cpana and fi'o kansa,
myself...)


                             --gejyspa