Re: [lojban-beginners] About my name

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Daeldir <daeldir@gmail.com> wrote:

{cnita be lo lunra be'o cadzu} is a tanru, with {cadzu} modified by {cnita be lo lunra be'o}. Thanks to {be}, that last construct is considered like a selbri. So, {mi cnita lo lunra} and {mi cnita be lo lunra (be'o)} are the same, but the second makes {cnita be lo lunra (be'o)} able to be used in place of a selbri, am I right?

  Well, yes-and-no.  There is a slightly subtle difference between the two.  "mi cnita lo lunra" is "I am under the moon" whereas "mi cnita be lo lunra" is I am an under-the-moon'er.  That is to say, the first says you area member of the set of those who are under things, and specifically, it's the moon you are under.  The second says there is a set of things that are under the moon, and you are one of them.  Is it a distinction without much difference in the case at hand? Yes.  But as you say, it's important when you want to be able to use articles(gadri) like "lo", or as part of tanru.

                  --gejyspa

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