[lojban-beginners] Re: as though

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

Sorry, I was referring to my earlier statement "[you] run as though you are being chased by a tiger".  Both yous in that seem to point to the same person, so would you really want to say that they are parallel since they are the same person?

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Luke Bergen<lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> but gejyspa, when I say "[you] run like you're being chased by a tiger" both
> "you"s are the exact same person aren't they?  The only difference is that
> the second one is in a hypothetical situation.
>

  I'm not sure which one of my examples you're asking about here. If
you are talking about the first one ("ko bajra sepa'a
lo selje'i be lo tirxu") I took out the second you.  On the other
hand, I suppose I can put it back in like this:
ko bajra sepa'a lo nu da'i selje'i lo tirxu.  That being said, I kinda
like the teta'i better, since it's already a "under conditions of
using method" place.

> I like some of the attributes of the {tai} method that xorxes mentioned.  I
> also kind of like that sepa'a thing though..... hmmm, maybe I will just keep
> reading community works of stuff and see what everyone tends to use.
>
> Thanks for the responses guys.
>
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> 2009/8/27 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
>> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Michael
>> > Turniansky<mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> My personal preference in those situations has been "ko bajra sepa'a
>> >> lo selje'i lo tirxu" -- "run, like one being followed by a tiger",
>> >
>> > "be lo tirxu", right?
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>> ki'e
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>> > But couldn't that mean "run parallel to one pursued by a tiger" i.e.,
>> > don't cross their pass! That's good advice, that way the tiger will
>> > catch them and not you! :)
>>
>> It /could/, certainly, since the tepa'a is elided, although it needn't
>> be. After all, pa'a theoretically means like something in all
>> qualities except one, which means you should not only match their
>> direction, but their speed, exertion level, hair color (well maybe not
>> that), basically in all qualities except that of the actor being you,
>> not them....
>>
>>                -- gejyspa
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