[lojban-beginners] Re: A0: the first words

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Tuesday 22 May 2007 12:58, m.kornig@sondal.net wrote:
> Thank you all for struggling with the translation of
> the word "neighbor"...
>
> Is it "xa'ujbi" or "jbixa'u"?
> Which is better/more common?

Different place structure. For "x1 is a neighbor of x2" I would use {xa'ujbi}, 
since that's more like the place structure of {jibni}. The place structure I 
would use for {jbixa'u} is "x1 lives at x2, which is near x3", which matches 
the noralujv definition but not the other one in jbovlaste.

phma