[lojban-beginners] Re: Why no "about" brivla?

[la gleki <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com>]

On Saturday, December 1, 2012 4:09:16 PM UTC+4, ianek wrote:
> This is just what {se srana} or {selra'a} is.

mi na birti.

srana - x1 pertains to/is germane/relevant to/concerns/is related/associated with/is about x2.

Where is "topic/theme"  here?

> mu'o mi'e ianek
>
> On 1 Gru, 08:13, la gleki <gleki.is.my.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > cfika
> >   x1 is a work of fiction *about plot or theme x2* by author x3
> > ciksi
> > x1 explains *x2* to x3 with explanation x4
> > cilre
> > x1 learns x2 *about x3* from x4 by method
> > ctuca
> > x1 teaches to x2 ideas x3 *about subject x4* by method x5
> > djuno
> > x1 knows fact x2 *about x*3 by epistemology x4
> > draci
> > x1 is a drama or play* about x2* by x3 for audience x4 with actors x4
> > facki
> > x1 discovers x2 *about x3*
> > jdice
> > x1 makes decision x2 *about x3*
> > jimpe
> > x1 understands x2 *about x3*
> > morji
> > x1 remembers x2 *about subject x3*
> >
> > And my question is
> >
> > Why memorising so many places when they could be replaced by a BAI formed
> > from a hypothetical brivla
> >
> > broda = x1 is the theme/topic of x2; x2 is about x1

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