[lojban-beginners] Re: gusni

[Thomas Jack <thomasjack@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Tom <to_mu1975@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> It does feel like an awkward x1 place. After all, what is the 'energy' of
> light? 'Light' itself of course, light IS energy. So probably the best way to
> fill the x1 is with 'lo gusni' (as in: "lo gusni cu gusni lo mi flira" - the
> light shines on my face) but that seems ridiculous. We can fill the x1 with
> properties of the light, which has been done so far (lo kandi, lo xunre), but
> they're not the energy itself, there indeed just properties.

How is this awkward? Light IS energy, so isn't this exactly the x1 you
would expect for {gusni}? {lo gusni} wouldn't mean "the light"
otherwise.