[lojban-beginners] Re: New lojbanist asking about "po'e" and "lo"

["james riley" <jimr1603@gmail.com>]

On "allows, not urges", I thought of the bit in lojban for beginners where "Lojban should work for you, not the other way around", to paraphrase.

fe'o mi'e cmacis.

On 23/04/07, komfo,amonan <komfoamonan@gmail.com> wrote:

On 4/23/07, Adam D. Lopresto <adam@pubcrawler.org> wrote:

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007, komfo,amonan wrote:

> I would say { po'e } is definitely wrong and { po } almost definitely wrong,
> because they imply ownership, and it's hard to imagine a scenario in which
> one wishes to assert ownership over one's father.

I'm afraid you're definitely wrong.  Although {po} and {po'e} can be used for
possession, they are much more broad than that.  {lo patfu po mi} and {lo
patfu po'e} are both absolutely fine.  The Lojban words are about association,
not possession.

e'e nai Thanks for the clarification. The English definition of {po'e} implies possession to me, but interestingly the Lojban-in-Lojban definition in jbovlaste aligns with your assertion.

mu'o mi'e komfo,amonan