Re: [lojban] Re: mi kakne lo bajra

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Lindar <lindarthebard@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> lo te djica has little to nothing to do with the problem.

The te djica is the place for the clause from which the se djica can be raised.

> If I want an
> apple for eating, it's -still- not specifying what is wanted about the
> apple. Nothing at all! lo te djica is for specifying why it is wanted,
> not in what way.

Probably because here isn't any special way of wanting it, you just
want an apple to eat.

> {mi djica lo nu terve'u pa lo plise kei lo nu citka}
> is perfectly reasonable as a use of both places.

Of course it is.

> x3 is the reason
> itself, not what the action is of the thing in question. If yours is
> the correct version, then how do I express "I want to run in order to
> be healthy."?

 mi djica lo nu mi bajra kei lo nu mi kanro

I hope you don't think I ever said you cannot put an event in x2. Sure
you can. Both events and objects are fine there. Just as in the x2 of
pilno, or the x2 of viska, or any of the many many other places that
accept both objects and events.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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