[lojban-beginners] Re: cusku balvi

[Stephen Simmons <ssimmons@pcisys.net>]

Pierre Abbat wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 February 2006 06:19, Stephen Simmons wrote:
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> > coi rodo
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> > i mi troci le nu skicu zoi gy simulation gy noi ke'a vasru le nu zoi gy
> > predicting gy le morna tarti be fa le minji i xu lu cusku balvi li'u cu
> > smuni zoi gy predicting gy
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> > i mi te simlu le zo balvi cu se cfila stura tepi'o
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> > [In case my lojban is unclear: how does one express the idea of
> > predicting the future in lojban? cusku balvi is the best tanru I could
> > come up with, but it doesn't have the right place structure; for that
> > matter, how does one express place structure in lojban?]
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> I think that {xusra} makes more sense than {cusku}.
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I had not thought of this; yes, it does make more sense.  And rather 
than cusku balvi, then, perhaps balvi xusra solves the sumti stura 
problem and also removes the idea of verbal communication that cusku has.

--Stephen Simmons

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