[lojban-beginners] Re: Wives And Husbands Under Laws

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 11/23/05, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru> wrote:
>
> It is obvious that x2 = speni2 would be much more appropriate.
>
> I haven't yet studied the art of defining the lujvo place structure.
>
> Is the above a mistake?

It looks like a mistake, there doesn't seem to be any reason to
drop the x2 of speni.

 > I would like to use {le fetspe be mi} for "my wife", instead of {le mi
> fetspe} which now is the only option left for me :)

Well, you can always say {le speni be mi}, unless for some reason
it is important to indicate her sex. {fetspe} doesn't say that she is human,
or an adult, or whether she is tall or short, or what colour her eyes are,
or her nationality, or ... so if you are not bringing up all those facts in
the description, you may not need to bring up the fact that she is female
either. In English it is natural to use "wife" because that's a basic term,
but in Lojban the basic term is {speni} and in many situations it won't
be necessary to use the compound term where you would use "wife"
in English.

mu'o mi'e xorxes