Re: [lojban] x1 to the left

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

  Because there are many, many times when you simply want to comment
about the existense of soemthing, or the state of things, and the
observative is a useful construct.  So I can say "viska mi'o" without
having to say "da viska mi'o"   Or "rokci" without having to say "lo
rokci cu farlu mi'o"  Is it arbitrary? Sure, but arbitrary doesn't
equal  bizzare.  Back in the olden days of Loglan, something without
an argument to the left was considered to be a command, just like
English, (i.e., in modern lojban "broda" would have equalled "ko
broda").  It's just a design choice.

               --gejyspa

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> It just fully occurred to me again how absurd this is.  What was the
> reasoning behind deciding that the x1 goes to the left of the selbri and if
> you want to say "mi prami do" with the selbri first you must say "prami fa
> mi do"?
> It seems silly and arbitrary that if you just see "prami mi" you assume that
> the "mi" takes the x2.  It seems like the general rule should be "if you see
> a selbri, it's the selbri, if you see a sumti, make it the first sumti, if
> you already have a first sumti, make it the second sumti, etc..." until the
> whole bridi is understood but this general understanding of a bridi needs a
> special rule to handle "am I to the right or left of the selbri".  Why this
> bizarre rule?
> mu'o mi'e cribe
>
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