[lojban-beginners] Re: kecti

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/10/2009 11:47:47 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com writes:


> Why does the x2 of {kecti} need to be a person?  Can I not feel pity for a dog?  Similarly, though maybe a bit less arguable, does even the x1 need to be a "person"?
>
>  kecti kec     ke'i pity                                      x1 (person) pities/feels sorry for x2 (person) about x3 (abstraction)                            4c  23    (cf. cinmo, xendo)


I don't know about other people, but I take those parenthetical comments as perhaps a typical usage, but not mandatory.  

stevo