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Re: [lojban] termsets




la djan cusku di'e

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> Termsets, rarely used, few understand them. In marking simultaneous
> claims, how are they different from ".e"?

{A, B} love {C, D} means that A loves C and B loves D.

That corresponds to Lojban jo'u:

 abu jo'u by prami cy jo'u dy

Termsets group things differently:

 nu'i ge abuboi cy gi by.boi dy prami
 {A C} and {B D} love.

A more natural example in English would be:

 A gives {B to C} and {D to F}.
 abu dunda nu'ige by boi cy gi dy boi fy

Each term in a termset fills a different place.
Does the fact that not even John Cowan can get this straight
prove that termsets are unusable and should be avoided?

mu'o mi'e xorxes




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