Re: [lojban-beginners] How to say something beyond my level

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

On Saturday 23 October 2010 11:01:29 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think Pierre was right about this, the x1 of katna is a tool that
> > chops, so it's not Mary that's cutting the wood... unless your axe is
> > named Mary!  That would be a good name for an axe.
>
> The gi'uste says "(tool/blade/force)", so presumably lo katna could be
> lo se balre/lo balre/lo bapli. Mary is not lo balre or lo se balre,
> but I don't see why she can be lo bapli. (This may open another can of
> worms about that strange "ka" in the definition of "bapli".)

I think "force" here means "(nil)catke" or "(nil)danre" (nil, if you're 
measuring it in newtons (or is lo nildanre in pascals?)), rather 
than "bapli". I'd say "la meris. katna lo mudri" if she karate-chopped it or 
ran into it and it broke.

I agree with "ka'argau".

Pierre
-- 
.i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.

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