Re: [lojban] Re: word for "action"

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:

> {zukte} only covers volitional actions, mostly things done by
> people, but not a rock falling for example.

I think it would be bizarre to call the event of a rock falling an
"action" in English.  I'd even be reluctant to call a reflex reaction
an "action", though that's a narrower case.

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"But no living man am I!  You look upon a woman.  Eowyn I am, Eomund's daughter.
You stand between me and my lord and kin.  Begone, if you be not deathless.
For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him."


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