Re: {farlu}

[jorge@phyast.pitt.edu]

> Anybody agree with me?

I don't have much problem with the x2 and x3 of {farlu}, you can
always say {la alis cu farlu le cnita le gapru}. The one I don't
like much is the x4, which I have no idea how to fill. If ever
needed, there is {bai} for that, but I'm not even sure how to say
"gravity". I thought something with {lacpu}, but its x3 makes
it really difficult.

In general, all the places like "in frame of reference", "by standard",
"under conditions", "in manner", etc. (which at least are usually in
the last position) seem really hard to use, and rather arbitrary.
Why does {xamgu} have a standard but {xlali} doesn't? Why does
{xanka} have "under conditions" but {gleki} doesn't? Why does
{curmi} have "under conditions" but not {gasnu}? Why does {cpedu}
have "in manner" but {dunda} doesn't?

All those places make learning gismu much harder than it should be.
I have no problem remembering the places of {dunda}, which are
all clean and to the point, the relationship between them clear.
But {cpedu}, which could be the same, is much harder because there
is that x4 with some unclear relationship to the other three, and
since I know that there is something more to {cpedu} than I would
expect, the whole relationship becomes more blurry in my mind.

My hope is that all those places will simply be forgotten for lack
of use, since I doubt that I could convince Lojban Central to drop
them.

> mu'o mi'e la dilyn.
>   noi gleki lonu mi te cipra ca le cerni kei
>         poi romoi leme lenu mi ve bancycu'e

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