Re: [lojban] Re: cusku - say or express?

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Robin Lee Powell
<rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
>
> Again: without context, "say" and "talk" are too close for
> flashcards; I can't keep them distinguished.  "express" will do well
> enough; if you have a better suggestion, make it, but I *can* *not*
> use "say" and "talk" as distinct keywords for flashcard purposes;
> they're too close in my brain, and other people have said the same
> thing.

I can only say that "cusku" can never be translated as "express", and
can always be translated as "say", so I don't see how "express" can be
a better keyword, or indeed how any keyword would be better than
"say", which is an almost perfect match.

The exact same distinction between "say" and "talk" exists in Spanish
between "decir" and "hablar", (or in French dire/parler, or in
Esperanto diri/paroli, and I'm sure in lots of other languages) so I
don't quite understand what you find so confusing about it.

mu'o mi'e xorxes