[lojban] Re: x1 is of type x2

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@lycos.co.uk>]

Jordan:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:46:40AM -0500, Jordan DeLong wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:56:06PM +0100, And Rosta wrote:
> [...]
> > Also I think the original makes a stronger claim than "na bilga" (== it
> > is false that should), so perhaps you should consider using a scalar
> > negator.  Something like
> > 	to'e bilga co tavla fi le'e tai co'e va'o loi sivni
> > 	bilga co to'e tavla fi le'e tai co'e va'o loi sivni
> > 	.einai tavla fi le'e tai co'e va'o loi sivni
> > 	.e'i to'e tavla fi le'e tai co'e va'o loi sivni
> > 	(or other such thing)
> 
> Or you could even just put it in the selbri tag place (for any of the
> above variants, (and others)):
> 	to'e bilga co tai tavla va'o loi sivni
> 
> Which is probably a lot better than "fi le'e tai co'e".

"tai tavla" would meant something like "talk in a zo'e-ish way",
whereas "tavla fi le'e tai co'e" would mean "talk about the co'e
of the zo'e sort", which seems a better translation (at least in
the context of manifold considerations about what makes for a
good translation).

What is the difference between {tai} and {se kai}? 

--And.