Re: [lojban] Lojban Thinking

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:11 AM, djandus <jandew@gmail.com> 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".

"nandu" vs "tolfrili"

> Also, I shifted in my mind, but did not write it, from thinking about
> dictionaries to thinking about speech in Lojbanistan. Thus, my example {ko'a
> melbi mi} was a good one, where I had in mind two people who know each
> other, and the definer points to something specifically pretty and makes his
> statement.

Assumung the pretty thing is in front of the speaker, how would you
tell whether the definer was defining "melbi" or "crane"?

But in general, yes, that's how people learn how to use most words in
any language, by imitating others.

> 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.

There are many "tol"-pairs: lenku-tolglare, xlali-tolxamgu, cmalu-tolbarda, ...

Also there are "sel"- or "ter"-pairs: rirni-selpanzi, cpacu-tersabji, ...

Even if they are not always exact synonyms one can often help in
defining the other.

Then there's things like "jivbu" and "nivji" which seem almost synonymous to me.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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