[lojban-beginners] Re: zvati

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

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:10:07PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> On 6/8/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 06:22:47PM -0300, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > On 6/8/05, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > zvati is:
> > > >
> > > > x1 (object/event) is at/attending/present at x2
> > > > (event/location)
> > > >
> > > > Events are situated in time.
> > >
> > > In time and space, like every other spatio-temporal object. An
> > > event has a duration (which can be specified with ze'a) and a
> > > spatial extension (specifiable with ve'a). It also has a
> > > position in time (specifiable with ca) and a position in space
> > > (specifiable with bu'u).
> > 
> > Yes.  This was *precisely* my point when I sad "ca or bu'u as
> > appropriate".
> 
> I don't understand. ca/cabna is for the situation in time,
> bu'u/zvati for the situation in space. ca does not correspond to
> zvati.

I read zvati as being about both time *and* space.

-Robin

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