Re: [lojban] Re: Meaningless talk

[robin <robin@BILKENT.EDU.TR>]

Ivan A Derzhanski wrote:
> 
> Quoth pycyn@aol.com:
> > Not that I can take my own advice, but [...] I would recommend
> > that we all (or most of us anyhow) go back to "See Spot run"
> > and work our way up very slowly before we get around to doing
> > to philosophical or linguistic discussions in Lojban.
> 
> Okay.  What about _See Spot run_?  It is one of the most opaque
> constructions of Modern English; translating it into another lg
> is no trivial matter.  Try a few natlangs that you are familiar
> with, and you'll see what I mean.

Turkish: Spot'un kos~masInI gör

That involves a genitive, a verbal noun-phrase with an accusative suffix
and an imperative.
.u'i  I do see what you mean!

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