Re: Qualities and jei (was: Re: [lojban] A revised ce'u proposal involving si...

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la pycyn cusku di'e

> While I disagree with Lojban that it was
> the most common use of {ka} in the old days, {leka mi prami do} and the 
> like
> have a pefectly clear meaning and the one Lojbab set for them. It is not 
> {le
> du'u ... ce'u ...} but rather the qualitative correlate of {le ni mi prami
> do} (and not {le jei mi prami do} neither).

That's what {su'u} has been proposed for, if not much used,
as in "see how the three mice run!", {ko zgana le su'u le ci
smacu cu bajra}.

> The appropriate things to put
> before {ka mi prmi do} are things like the Lojban for "madly, wildly, 
> deeply"
> (take it, Michael!) or "wanly" or whatever is the property of my loving 
> thee
> "How do I love thee," not "How much do I love thee" nor, as in the bad 
> jokes,
> "In what ways do I love thee."

Examples in Lojban would be useful. Adverbs are not Lojban's strong
point.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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