Re: [lojban-beginners] About {mi cu facki di'e}

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 7:53 AM, David Gowers <00ai99@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> {mi cu facki la'e di'e .i mi nelci lonu citka}
> seems a bit idiomatic and possibly repetitive, in fact, to me it reads like
> "I discover [the-me-who-likes-eating]. I like eating"
> Or maybe "I discover the liking-to-eat aspect of me-ness" to be more
> literal.

It's more like:

  "I discover the following fact: I like eating."

> I'd still argue that this is a bit of an awkward phrasing.

I don't see any problem with it, though of course there are other ways
of saying similar things.

> {mi facki lo du'u mi nelci lo nu citka} also works if facki is of
> primary importance rather than discursive.

Yes.

> I think du'u may be incorrect in this context, though.. A liking is
> really more of an event than a fact, given it can change over time.
>
> {mi facki lo canu mi nelci lo nu citka}
> -- changing the meaning slightly to be a bit more specific, "I
> discover that I currently.."

The choice between "du'u" and "nu" doesn't really depend on what a
liking is, but on what a se facki is. A se facki is a fact. So if what
you discover is that you currently like eating, that would be: "mi
facki lo du'u mi ca nelci lo nu citka".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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