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[lojban] Re: Modal se si'u
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- Subject: [lojban] Re: Modal se si'u
- From: Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:18:23 -0400
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 7:07 PM, H. Felton<fagricipni@gmail.com> wrote:
> In the draft Reference Grammar, the modal si'u is said to derived from
> sidju. sidju is defined in gismu.txt as meaning "x1 helps/assists/aids
> object/person x2 do/achieve/maintain event/activity x3", yet in the
> Reference Grammar (Chapter 9, Section 17) the table says that "se
> si'u" approximately means "assisting in"; it would seem to me that "te
> si'u" would be closer in meaning to that: "se si'u" would seem to be
> closer to "assisting person". Am I missing some point, or is the
> Reference Grammar flawed on this point?
>
You're not missing anything. "se si'u" should be "assisting", not
"assisting in"
--gejyspa
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