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

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

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 05:01:00PM -0300, Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Stela Selckiku
> <selckiku@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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).  These would have in common that they
> > are the result of a strenuous activity, either physical or
> > mental, the seltatpi, which the tatpi has engaged in until
> > they've finally become tatpi.  That's different from being se
> > tolzdi, which one can be immediately upon encountering something
> > tolzdi.
> 
> I think tatpi is not necessarily the result of "strenuous"
> activity, it's the result of something that exhausts or drains
> your energy, whatever kind of energy. 

Being bored has nothing to do with draining of any kind of energy,
in my experience.

-Robin

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