Re: [lojban] Re: Alice - the xorlo version

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 03:52:22PM -0400, Stela Selckiku wrote:
> 2010/9/23 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> >
> > So, is "tatpi" just for sense 3, or does it also include sense
> > 4? Is it just exhaustion of strength, or also of interest or
> > patience? The wording of the gi'uste, which includes "situation"
> > for the x2, suggests that it also applies to exhaustion of
> > patience. If not, what do you suggest instead?
> 
> I disagree with Lindar; I think that "tatpi" is a good
> translation. We could perhaps distinguish two kinds of "tatpi",
> being tired of physical exertion perhaps za'e "xadyta'i"
> (xadni+tatpi) and being tired of mental exertion perhaps za'e
> "menta'i" (menli+tatpi).  

That would be fine, if what was being described in the English text
was "tiredness from mental exertion".  It isn't.  What's being
described is boredom from *lack* of interesting mental activity.

-Robin

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