Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: mi kakne lo bajra

[Adam Lopresto <adamlopresto@gmail.com>]

> How exactly is "a runner" different from "an event of being a runner"?
> If X is a runner, doesn't X represent an event of being a runner?

.i tu cipni .i tu vasxu .i tu vofli .i ku'i tu ba'e na nu vasxu .i tu
na nu vofli
.i mi kakne lo nu vofli .i ku'i mi ba'e na kakne lo nu vofli .i na'i
mi kakne lo cipni no'u lo vasxu zi'e no'u lo vofli

That's a bird. It breathes. It flies. But it is not an event of
breathing, or an event of flying.
I am capable of an event of breathing. I am *not* capable of an event
of flying. And it's just nonsense to say I'm capable of a bird (which
is a breather, and a flyer).

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