[lojban-beginners] Re: Watch out!

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 9/14/2009 09:10:23 Eastern Daylight Time, jbotijlan@gmail.com writes:


> "o'i" doesn't really have a vocative, warning sense, does it?
>
> I've heard about the experimental, imperative attitudinal "dai'o".
> "o'idai'o" would mean "Feel caution!".
>
> Generally i would prefer the observative "karce". That way i would be
> able to suggest (or be suggested of, if i'm the one carelessly
> stepping on the pavement) the actual object of caution at which to
> look. That's probably more effectual and life-saving ;) than "o'i" or
> "o'icai", which tells about nothing other than the emotion of the
> onlooker.


I realized after I sent it that "o'i" was probably more about the speaker than a suggestion to someone else.

stevo