Re: [lojban] Gerunds, infinitives and other technicalities

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

On Tuesday 19 July 2011 13:54:29 Ian Johnson wrote:
> But, I can give some of these:
> lo nu na facki fi le danfu
> An event of not finding [an answer to] the question. This says nothing
> about whether any finding of anything else happens.
> lo nu facki fi na'e le danfu
> An event of finding [an answer to] something other than the question
> This asserts that finding does happen, but that it does *not* involve the
> question
> lo nu na facki fi da
> This asserts that no finding happens (assuming {da} isn't already bound in
> some fashion).

I would say "(nu) facki lo danfu". mi facki le danfu le preti = I find the 
answer to the question.

In general, I think that titles (of sections, books, etc.) should be brivla or 
selbri ("preti" and "nu preti" are both selbri). Of course, some titles are 
proper nouns, and should be rendered as sumti.

By the way, it's "reirbroda". "reibroda" falls apart. You could also 
say "comrei", "reidza", and a few others.

Pierre
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