Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: to be

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

He specifically said he didn't want "to exist", which is {zasti},
approximately.  "to do" is {gasnu} or {zukte}, "to have quality" is
{ckaji}.

-Robin

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 07:24:34PM -0700, Jed wrote:
> Maybe a verb for "to exist," "to do," or "to have quality x2." Being
> and doing are arguably the same in Lojban.
> 
> On Aug 15, 12:11 am, Robin Lee Powell <rlpow...@digitalkingdom.org>
> wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 09:54:38AM -0700, jongausib wrote:
> > > How do you say:
> >
> > > "To be or not to be, that is the question"
> >
> > > in lojban.
> >
> > Given what the sentence actually *means*, in context, {pau nai xu
> > sevzi catra}, or similar.  If it's important to you to maintain the
> > structure (which Lojban rather specifically tries to not let you do,
> > by the way, since it has no copula), consider lifri or jmive.
> >
> > -Robin
> >
> > --http://singinst.org/:  Our last, best hope for a fantastic future.
> > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/):The language in which "this parrot
> > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false"
> > is "na nei".   My personal page:http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/
> 
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is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false"
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