[lojban-beginners] Re: stupid question

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 6/24/2009 21:19:52 Eastern Daylight Time, komfoamonan@gmail.com writes:


> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So here's an off-the-wall question.  Would the three following sentences mean the same thing (emphasis and all)?
> >
> > klama
> > zo'e klama zo'e zo'e zo'e zo'e
> > lo klama cu klama lo se klama lo te klama lo ve klama lo xe klama
>
>
> I'd say they all mean the same thing. The first two are technically equivalent, although I imagine most hearers would seek an agenda behind all those {zo'e}. Also, of course, the first could be interpreted as an observative, while the others could not. The third, I think, is tautological.
>
> mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan


I'd say the first two mean essentially, if not exactly, the same thing.  None of the places in either sentence is filled with any kind of semantic content.  All of the places, on the other hand, are filled in the third sentence, albeit with obvious arguments.  So in the first sentence all arguments are omitted, in the second they are all explicitly suppressed, and in the third one they are all explicitly mentioned.  
But the net effect is probably the same in all three.  

mu'o mi'e stevon