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Re: [lojban-beginners] Implied {ko}



I was thinking of the far-fetched scenario of being tortured and having to beg to have it stop.

Every syllable makes a difference.

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Alex Rozenshteyn <rpglover64@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simply asked, can a statement like {sisti} be used to mean {ko sisti}?
> I see no reason why not, as long as the speaker acknowledges that the listener may be able to (depending on the situation) infer other valid meanings.

One of the beauty of Lojban is that you can be ambiguous at will.
I assume you're not suggesting to change the rule that says that a
single brivla is to ne intended as an observative. so I would read it
as "look! what a stop!" Now, maybe the context of you speaking to
me,with nobody else could make me think tha you actually meant {zo'e
sisti} and, with another jump of fantasy, I could also imagine you
refer to me. But personally i would never think you had assumed {ko}!
Why should i?

I don't get what problem are you trying to solve by not using {ko}
could you elaborate on that?


mi'e remod mu'o

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