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Re: [lojban] x1 to the left



On 12 November 2010 13:59, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
(i.e., in modern lojban "broda" would have equalled "ko
broda").  It's just a design choice.

              --gejyspa

However, in lojban, does not the absence of an argument to a selbri simply mean that argument is unspecified?  In such case, "prami mi" means "Someone unspecified Loves Me" and is not the command "Love Me".  In order to make it a command, if I recall correctly, One is required to use "ko", so as to make the statement, "You (imperative), Love Me."  Such an idiom ("absence equals unspecified") is seen in the former Google Wave lesson where the Student is instructed the phrase "zdani mi" means "something houses Me" or "I have a house" and is not told "You (imperative), house Me."  Is there actually an updated version of lojban, this "modern lojban", I have missed?  Or are You just saying, "If We were to start from scratch, We might make 'broda' equal 'ko broda'."?

Just wanting to make sure I have read materials correctly.

mi'e xuinkrbin.

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