Re: [lojban] Re: semantic primes can define anything

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 3/25/06, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Yeah, "emotion" was a bad choice of word,
> probably generated because so many of the
> definitions in which FEEL appears are about
> emotions.  Your characterization is better.  But
> the essential thing is to note that it does not
> cover "feel that" constructions.

The essential thing in this context was that the
prime FEEL does not have a Lojban equivalent, that
Lojban splits this prime in two: {cinmo} and {ganse}.

Other primes that Lojban seems to split are for
example THINK into {pensi} and {jinvi}, HAPPEN
into {fasnu} and {se lifri}, and probably KNOW into
{djuno} and {se slabu}. Not to mention the very
problematic HAVE.

I don't know what the Spanish prime corresponding
to YOU is either. There are four candidates:
"tú", "usted", "ustedes" and "vosotros", and it's hard
to say that there are no conceptual differences among
them.

So the primes seem to fit English very well but other
languages not so well.

mu'o mi'e xorxes