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Re: [lojban] Re: Named multiples



On 30 May 2010 07:22, Lindar <lindarthebard@yahoo.com> wrote:
.spagetis. = x1 is spaghetti with sauce x2
??

Generally I'm not very fond of being quick to stow places into a brivla that could otherwise be expressed with sumtcita or some other means. The fact that you and Daniel came up with different sumti for the x2 already shows the limitaion of this place's predictability. And the more we try to expand the place structure, the more we would risk to make the brivla's definition arbitrary and less neutral.

"with" can be expressed with {joi}, {jo'u}, {jo'e}, {je}, etc., and "of type" with {le'a}, {kai}, {ra'i}, etc. I suggest we start with as minimal a place structure as possible for a new word and then let usage call for addition of places if any. The place structure should be convenient, not cumbersome.
 

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