On 11.08.2006, 20:42, Jorge Llambнas wrote:
> On 8/11/06, Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org> wrote:
>> The fact that several languages treats authority metaphorically as an
>> object that can be possessed, transferred and given away, does not make it
>> an objective fact.
> In a sense, Lojban does this too, except the word for "possessing"
> in this case is not {ponse} but {ckaji}:
> lo cevni cu ckaji lo ka catni lo ro se finti be cy
> "God possesses authority over all that He created."
> lo flalu cu dunda lo ka catni kei lo rirni
> "The law confers authority upon the parents."
doi xorxes. mi djuno lo du'u do pu pa'arbau tolcando .i do ca xu pa'arbau tolcando .i lo pa'arbau la lojban. zo'u ma zmadu lo ka do nelci
Hint for everyone (except jbovlasters, of course): look for {pa'arbau} in jbovlaste.
mi'e .ianis.
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