[lojban] Re: Is srana symmetrical?

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2003 at 10:47:27AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > I think the idea of {srana} is that it means "x1 is about x2". 
> 
> I think that might be the case, but I think it might also mean "x1
> is relevant to x2".

The other way around, I think: "x2 is relevant to x1". If 
the book is about birds, then birds are relevant to the book.

> Can you think of a better phrase than "pertained to by" that doesn't
> require re-arranging sentence order in the English translation?

"being relevant to ..." sounds like a possibility. Also "as a concern 
of ...", or "being a concern of ..."

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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