Re: [lojban] game; performer

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 07:46:28PM -0400, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> While trying to find an answer to the recent 'sports scores' post, I 
> discovered that jbovlaste seems to have no way to express the noun
> 'game'.  

le se kelci

> It gave > ci'erkei< as "play a game", 

Ack.  Please don't use angle brackets to quote things; it looks
horrible in many mail readers.  The convention here is curly braces
for Lojban.

Anyways, I don't see {ci'erkei} in jbovlaste at all.  It seems to
only be mentioned in the notes for kelci.  I think it's a horrible
word, and I can't be the only one or someone likely would have added
it by now.  :-)

> I also wonder:  How is >le tigni< different from >le tigypre<?

It's not, that I can see.  Not usefully, anyways.

> tigni:
> Definition: x1 performs x2 [performance] for/before audience x3
> 
> tigypre:
> Definition: x1 is a perform-person with performance x2 with performance 
> audience x3.

That second definition was auto-generated, by the way.

> These two words seem to have identical meanings, except the lujvo
> specifies that the performer is a person, while the gismu allows
> animals, robots, whatever, as the performer.  Is that right?

That is exactly right, yes.

-Robin

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