Re: [lojban] Re: xu dai

[Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> But what's the difference?

There is a rather subtle difference, I'd say.  It's not a logical
difference, but rather a pragmatic difference.  If you say {mi klama}
you are saying that you go to some contextually relevant place, from
some contextually relevant origin, etc.  If you say {mi me lo klama}
you are saying that you are a member of a contextually relevant set of
goers.  Now, there always is a set of goers whenever there is going,
so that's not a difference in itself, but in an odd context it could
make a difference that you're explicitly mentioning it like that.  Let
me try to draw it out:

{.i ti'e so'o jbopre ba klama la .bastyn. .i xu do klama}
"I hear some Lojbanists are going to Boston.  Are you going?"

{.i mi na me lo klama .i mi klama la .bastyn. mu'i lo drata ku'i}
"I'm not one of the goers.  I'm going to Boston for another reason, though."

mi'e la stela selckiku mu'o

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