Empathy (was: ciska bai tu'a zo bai)

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la xorxes. cusku di'e

> la djan di'e mi spusku
>
> > >         le jatna cu catlu le nu le bloti .uudai cu klama le xasloi
> > >         The captain looks how the boat, poor thing, sinks.
> > >
> > > The empathy is of course with the captain, not with the boat. The boat is
> > > what inspires the pity, not who feels it. Should uu be stuck to the object
> > > of pity or to the one who feels pity, in the case of empathy?
> >
> > Presumably still to the object of pity.  Better yet, use a "sei".
>
> Do you mean {se'i}? Or rather,  {se'inai}, "other-oriented"?

No, I mean "sei", the metalinguistic comment introducer:

        le jatna cu catlu le nu le bloti sei le jatna kecti cu klama le xasloi

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John Cowan              sharing account <lojbab@access.digex.net> for now
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