Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: {le} and {lo}

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Thursday, June 30, 2011 08:04:24 am Ian Johnson wrote:
> Erm...{le broda} is not {zo'e noi ke'a broda}. It's {zo'e noi mi skicu ke'a
> do lo ka ce'u broda}. Technically the formal definition has nothing to do
> with "having in mind", which sorta confuses me still. Is there some
> historical undercurrent here that I don't know about?

One use of "le" is in idioms, such as "do klama le tamji le degji le cidni" 
and "do za'o darxi le morsi xirma". The things being described may not be 
thumbs, fingers, elbows, or horses at all; you are describing them as such 
for purposes of the idiom.

Pierre

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