Re: [lojban-beginners] How to use skari?

[Felipe Gonçalves Assis <felipeg.assis@gmail.com>]

Isn't cicna1 "something cyan", instead of "the colour cyan"?

On 28 October 2011 03:12, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I don't like the way jbofi'e parsed it, but it sounds right to me:
>
> Intended meaning: "Greenish-blue is the colour of the ocean."
> Lojban bridi: {lo cicna cu se skari lo braxamsi}
> Jbofi'e parse: [1(2[skari2 (hue(s)) :] lo any/some cicna cyan(s))2 cu
> is/does «3se skari being hue(s)»3 (4[skari1 (thing(s) having colour) :] lo
> any/some braxamsi big sea(s)/ocean(s)(s))4]1
> (Note: I used {braxamsi} rather than {xamsi} because {braxamsi} implies that
> the ocean is an Earthly one (based on the comments on the words)- oceans on
> other planets may be different colours.)
>
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Patrick Finneran <sonarman.77@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> The definition of {skari} is x1 is/appears to be of color/hue x2 as
>> perceived/seen by x3 under conditions x4.  The way I read that, x1 is
>> a colored object (i.e., an apple), and x2 is the color (i.e., red).
>> However, the word is apparently glossed as "color".  I would imagine
>> that the way to say "color", as in "favorite color" would be {selska},
>> since that fits with how I'm reading the place structure of {skari} in
>> the first place.  Am I wrong on this?  Am I right?  This is just one
>> of the more confusing gismu I've ran across.
>>
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