[lojban-beginners] Re: gusni-opportunity-bringing along

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

Besides the above replies, if the x1 were somewhere else it would be more wordy/awkward (well, not really) to say things like {mi viska lo gusni}.

I've definitely noticed a pattern in the gismu that, when possible, if it makes sense to say "the garden" then most likely the x1 position ( of {purdi} for instance) is going to be "x1 is a garden".  So likewise "the light".

This really tripped me up with {rinka}/{mukti}/{krinu}.  From my english "x1 causes x2" sounds right, but "x1 does something for reason x2" also sounds right (even though "the reason" is in x2).

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Ivo Doko <ivo.doko@gmail.com> wrote:

> That means that wood is light emitted by a fire.

Oh.

> Whatever goes in x1 of "gusni" is light.

What's the point of that x1 then..? :-|

If that's the case then I must notice that this gismu (gusni) is
rather poorly constructed.