Re: [lojban] "merely"

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

  I don't think you would want to put your po'o there, Luke.  I think
that scopes too widely.  That might imply (for example) the only thing
you did all day was hit John.  You want it after the darxi.  You also
could emphasize the contrast by putting ku'i after the .i (or after
the po'o), but I don't think it's necessary, either.  I feel the po'o
would be plenty fine.

            --gejyspa


On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, that seems like it has a similar problem as {po'o} though.  I want to
> express "I did not kill john.  I hit him <which is a comparatively
> non-lethal thing>".  It seems like "merely" in english has a connotation
> that links it to the previous sentence (or to some implied other action as
> in the case of "I only want what's best for you <as opposed to the more
> lethal 'I enjoy ruining your life'>").
> Would it be legitimate to say something like "mi na catra la djan
> .ipo'oje'ubo mi darxi .dy"?  Would that have the connotation that I'm
> looking for by linking the sentences with {bo}?
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Jameson Orndorff <jtorndorff@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I think {je'u} attached to either the whole bridi or darxi or po'o
>> attached to darxi will work fine. po'o implies a scope, so you have no
>> worries of people thinking that your sole interaction ever with John
>> is hitting him.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > How would you express this in lojban?  I'm pretty sure it'd be a
>> > discursive
>> > or evidential, but I couldn't find an appropriate one.
>> > I did not kill john.  I merely hit him.
>> > I was thinking {po'o}, but that might just be malglico telling me that
>> > sometimes you hear "I didn't kill john.  I only hit him".  I don't think
>> > it
>> > has the same connotation.
>> >
>> > --

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