[lojban] Re: semantic primes

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

On 3/20/06, Alex Joseph Martini <alexjm@umich.edu> wrote:
> In normal English usage, "on Billy's right" means 'on the same side of
> Billy's body as Billy's right hand is'. "To the right of Billy" means
> either Billy's or someone else's right side is being used for reference.
> Here, the thing being referenced could be on the side with Billy's left
> hand, but with the speaker's right hand, if the speaker and Billy are
> facing one another. This second case is inherently ambiguous without the
> visual context that we would normally have when speaking.

So one would be {pritu la bilis ri} and the other {pritu la bilis} with
the x3 left to context.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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