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Re: [lojban] Re: word for "action"
On Friday 14 May 2004 10:05, Jorge "Llambías" wrote:
> In any case, my impression was that Xah Lee was looking
> for a word that covers {citka}, {farlu} and {plipe}
> but does not include {blabi} or {prenu}. So more than
> se zukte but less than nunco'e. {nunco'e} does include
> {nu blabi} ("being white") and nu prenu ("being a person").
If he's looking for a word meaning "a Lojban word corresponding to an English
verb", I don't think he'll find one. If he wants a word meaning "a Lojban
verb", we have one: {brivla}. Since what concepts are expressed by which part
of speech varies widely among languages (e.g. many English prepositions are
expressed in Hebrew by nouns in the construct state, as are the verb phrases
"there is" and "there isn't"), I see nothing wrong with calling English verbs
brivla or Lojban brivla verbs.
phma
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