Re: [lojban] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: New language: lojban

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

2010/11/19 Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com>:
>
> {ti noi gerku} - "This thing nearby, which is a dog"
> {lo vi gerku} - "A dog, which is nearby"
>
> There really isn't much of a difference.

The difference is that "ti" is a thing near the speaker, while "vi"
indicates nearness to any contextual reference point: very often the
speaker, but it could also be, for example, the agent or some other
salient participant of the situation being described, especially if
the speaker is not a part of that situation.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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