[lojban] Re: le gusta co minde mutce

["Jorge Llambías" <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

If we are talking about the English word "motive", then it seems that
"to do something" can be a motive. For example, a Google search for
"his motive was to" gives thousands of hits, such as:

his motive was to cover up a politically embarassing problem for his bosses;
his motive "was to rid the world of a few needless illegals."
his motive was to save his own life,
M. Kerviel said his motive was to "make money for the bank"
In fact, his motive was to attract votes from the border states;
His motive was to learn the campaign strategies of

And so on. So generally goals of actions can be the motives of those
actions in English, though maybe the word "motive" is reserved for
more significant goals than a trivial one like "to buy butter".

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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