[lojban-beginners] Re: [lojban] mabla notci

[Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 23:19:35 -0400 (EDT), der Mouse
<mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote:
> > vecnu
> > x1 sells x2 to x3 for amount x4
> 
> > te vecnu
> > x3 is sold x2 by x1 for amount x4
> 
> That doesn't look quite right to me.
> 
> I'd say that vecnu means both of those, and te vecnu means both
> 
> x3 sells x2 to x1 for amount x4
> and
> x1 is sold x2 by x3 for amount x4
> 
> Or Have I Missed Something (tm)? :-)

I'd say you are correct.

(te vecnu could also be glossed as "x1 buys x2 from x3 for amount x4".)

mu'o mi'e .filip.
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newton@gmail.com>