Re: [lojban] Lojban Thinking

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 13 May 2011 04:11:01 djandus wrote:
> I meant there wouldn't be as close of synonyms as in English. As far as I
> know, there aren't Lojban words with as close of meaning as "pretty" vs.
> "beautiful" or "hard" vs. "difficult".

The reason why there aren't many close synonyms is that Lojban doesn't yet 
have an extensive vocabulary. Since the meaning of a lujvo is some 
combination of the meanings of its components, close synonyms will usually be 
fu'ivla.

> Anyway, if you could give me an example where a Lojban word is best defined
> with the aid of a synonym, that'd be extremely helpful to me.

"prokiono", "arxokuna", and "lumge'u" are synonyms. If someone knows one and 
encounters another, the best way to define it is to give the synonym he 
already knows. Another pair is "la kot.divuár" and "la xantyde'i xaskoi"; 
this pair exists in many languages except, of course, French.

Pierre
-- 
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