[lojban-beginners] Re: tanru/lujvo for [name] type of thing?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:50:09PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> 
> la ian cusku di'e
> 
> >After spending half a day on thinking about this definition (damn, I 
> >should rather work on my thesis lol), I came up with:
> >
> >lu luman zei nunzga li'u cu bridi
> >	le si'o gasnu le logji telsei be da bei de be'o
> >		gi'e snigau fi da kei
> >	le zgana se zukte ku
> >		ce'o le sniselgau be fi da ku
> >		ce'o le nu'o sniselgau be fi de ku
> >		ce'o le zgana poi ciste fi lo luman zei nunzga
> 
> These words are always confusing, but the way I understand it the x1
> of bridi is not (typically) a single word: it is either a full
> proposition or a full sentence. 

Actually, yeah, we want brivla instead, I think.

> Anyway, I think I understand what you mean even though I don't think
> using {bridi} like that works for a formal definition. Also, do you
> really need the x3 place?

He did use the x3 place.

-Robin

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