[lojban] Re: [Archivist] muvdu vs. sezmuvgau

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 09:46:56AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > The gismu list gives muvgau and muvzu'e for agentive move.
> 
> {muvgau} is agentive but the agent (x1) is not the one changing
> location, the x2 is the one that changes location in this case.
> 
> {muvzu'e} is agentive and volitional. x1 is the one that changes
> location by its own agency, and also with some goal.
> 
> {sezmuvgau} is like {muvzu'e} but not necessarily volitional. 
> 
> {muvdu} is not necessarily agentive nor volitional, but it can of
> course be used to describe the motion of a person. It is not
> specified whether they move by their own agency and/or volition,
> but for people it would probably be the default assumption.

xorxes, if you could make sure all of these are in jbovlaste in
useful forms that make the distinctions clear, I would be grateful.

-Robin

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