[lojban] Re: New lujvo - mengafxu'i

["Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

On 10/30/06, Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru> wrote:
> On 30.10.2006, 20:28, Jorge Llambías wrote:
>
> Hmmm... you've objected against {galfi} in two consecutive letters. Is
> that a coincidence?
>
> mi'e .ianis

I don't think it is a coincidence. The connection between the
incidents is that Lojbanists usually insufficiently appreciate the
distinction between the {cenba}/{binxo}/{galfi}/{stika} family until
the distinction is pointed out, so it must be pointed out frequently.

{ti cenba} "this varies"
{ti binxo ta} "this becomes that"
{da stika ti} "something makes an adjustment to this"
{da galfi ti ta} "something transforms this into that"

Another part of the explanation is that very few expert Lojbanists are
willing to give the background info that we could find in a textbook,
or specify the English translation of a word when they suggest it, if
we could find it in a word list. They usually expect others to figure
it out for themselves. I don't like doing it that way because I enjoy
teaching and I feel that I have the time to be a textbook and word
list for others.

-Eppcott


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