[lojban] Re: A Proposed Explanation of {gunma}

[Jorge Llambías <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On 12/15/05, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> --- Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/15/05, John E Clifford
> > > and as
> > > above "John and Mary (separately) picked up
> > tools
> > > and (together) started to build a house."
> >
> > Right, this one requires splitting into two
> > sentences.
>
> As a practical matter for the construction of a
> language to be used, it would be nice (though
> probably not essential) to do this in another way
> that was more flexible.

For a new language, yes. For Lojban, I don't really see how.
I think in practice such precision is not normally needed,
and when it is needed it can always be done the long way.

 It might also be more
> accurate, since what is involved is not different
> things but different ways they are being
> predicated of, so putting the mark of distinction
> on the thing-referrer is misleading.

Indeed. That's one of the reasons I hardly ever use anything
other than lo/le/la these days.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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