[lojban] Re: le gusta co minde mutce

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Sunday 09 November 2008 12:37:40 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:54 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> > I'm not sure which way "ga'i" goes,
>
> I'm never sure about that either. I think in this case it's "zo'e
> ga'i" when talking about those lowly animals, and "do ga'inai" when
> addressig someone of higher rank. So "ga'i"/"ga'inai" marks the rank
> of the speaker as higher/lower than the other, whereas "io"/"ionai"
> marks the attitude of the speaker towards someone else, a slight
> difference in perspective.

So a farmer with a worm bin could say "curnu ga'i .io", meaning he respects 
the worms, though regarding them as lowly. Right?

Pierre


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