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Re: [lojban] transitive & intransitive



On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:55 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
> The gimste says about "sance":
>
>  [x2 sounds (intransitive verb)]
>
> Since an intransitive verb has by definition only one core argument,
> this usage of "sance" would have to preclude the syntactic (not
> semantic) existence of "sance"s other argument, x1.

It means: "x2 sounds (the intransitive use of the English verb "to
sound"), as in "the bell sounds", rather than the transitive use in
"John sounds the bell".

> So, what form of bridi is the abvoe gimste note on "sance" assuming to
> be intransitive?

It's a note about the English verb "to sound", not about the Lojban "sance".

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