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Re: [lojban-beginners] Coining a lujvo: "evidence"

But what if I want to say something like "That an apple falls is evidence that Newton is right."

(How would one call "the law of universal gravitation" in lojban?)

{lo du'u lo plise ku na'o farlu kei ku nibyti'i lo du'u la .niutyn. jai drani} doesn't seem right to me; it's not evident (which I take to be more or less synonymous with obvious) that an apple falling indicates that Newton is right.

{lo du'u lo plise ku na'o farlu kei ku zilvelji'i lo du'u la .niutyn. jai drani kei lo termu'eske} seems to be closer to what is meant when "evidence" is used.

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 12:25 AM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:
> (While writing this, I realize that {nibyti'i} almost means what I want, but
> I'm not sure if {lo nibyti'i} can be used to mean "evidence").

I would go with {nibyti'i} as it is already in jbovlaste.
For example I would use it as follows:

{lo du'u do nelci ku se nibyti'i} -> it is evident that you like it!

{lo nu do citka ku nibyti'i lo du'u do nelci} -> Since you're eating
it, you surely like it!

remod

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