[lojban-beginners] Re: kecti

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

.... you're right.  Damn english.  Then I guess what tiljan said "sentient being" or something.  But even then, can I pity a plant that's shriveling up because it has no sunlight?  Maybe (living being)?

2009/9/10 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> right, but jbovlaste says "pity / feel sorry for".  Given the "pity" could
> one really confuse it for "I feel pity for having done something"?

Probably not.

> Maybe the word "being" instead of "person" so as to show that this doesn't
> necessarily have to be a human being?

That might also be confusing "I'm sorry for being silly".

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