[lojban] Re: potentially stupid question

[Oleksii Melnyk <lamelnyk@gmail.com>]

ju'o go'i .i le verba cu di'i facki le cfipu morna le rarbau .i su'o
pagbu be la lojban cu cfipu
le ciroi tadni la cll .i seni'ibo go'i le verba

2009/8/11, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>:
> I was picturing the following scenario playing out between a lojbanic parent
> and his/her child:
>
> rirni:  lo re titla cu banzu
> verba: .i go'i fi lonu do tolxendo
> rirni  .i do binxo lo xlali verba
> verba: .i go'i fi lonu do tolxendo
> rirni .i o'onai .i lo nu do tavla cu ckape do
> verba: .i <pause> go'i fi lonu do tolxendo
> rirni .i o'onaicai .i .au mi darxi do
>
> now I would think that a child learning a language as they grow would tend
> to see the generalities of a language and apply those generalities to
> unknown words and concepts.  So wouldn't the child expect that the following
> response (un-doubtedly screamed while running for cover):
>
> verba: .i go'i fi lonu do tolxendo
>
> would continue to be clever and grammatically correct since "fi"
> *seems*like it usually means "under conditions"?
>
> Could the constantly shifting places for concepts like "under conditions"
> cause natural learners of lojban to get confused?
>
> mu'o mi'e pafcribe
>


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