Re: [lojban] Re: Empasizing an entire structure in forethought?

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

On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 03:59:59PM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 12:20:30PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> > > On Saturday 20 November 2004 12:01, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > > > On IRC, I had cause to translate "Do not be to quick to deal
> > > > in death and judgement.  Even the very wise cannot see all
> > > > ends."
> > > 
> > > Isn't "even" in this sense {ji'asai}? So you could say {lo
> > > ji'asai mutce prije}.
> > 
> > I don't think so.  Arnt said (in IRC):
> > 
> >     You're implicitly creating a scale from the wisest to the
> >     dumbest, and saying  that the wise cannot see all ends, so
> >     therefore everyone who is less wise can't see it either.
> 
> That fits with my understanding of {ji'asai}. I always use
> {ji'asai} for "even". 

I use {ji'a} for "also".  You're saying that the {sai} alters the
meaning to make it an exceptional "also"?

-Robin

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