[lojban-beginners] Re: being

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 6/4/2009 05:34:46 Eastern Daylight Time, jbotijlan@gmail.com writes:


> But that seems to point more to the actuality of what the speaker
> perceives than to the current & temporary nature of "do"'s behaviour.
> "do ca'a cladu" might more imply "Aha, so you are actually a loud
> person just like everybody else told me" than "Hey, you are being
> loud, that's not like you".


It seems like you're using a different meaning for "ca'a", something like "has the true nature of" rather than "is doing/being right now", which implies nothing beyond the present moment.

stevo