Re: [lojban] la, la'o, la'e

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

The only thing about that first thing that strikes me as weird is that "la cribe" seems like it should eventually come out to something like "zo'e poi se cmene zo cribe"

Shouldn't names be restrictive and not merely indicative?

2011/7/23 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 9:57 AM, tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is this correct:
>>
>> la cribe
>> = la'o zo cribe zo
>> = la'e zo cribe noi cmene
>> = zo'e noi se cmene zo cribe (and not: da poi se cmene zo cribe)
>
> I would agree with that, yes.
>
>> Also, do you agree with this CLL19.10 statement:
>>
>>  A rough equivalent of ``la'o'' might be ``la me zoi''
>
> Very rough, because "la me zoi gy John gy" is actually more like "la'o
> cizra me zoi gy John gy cizra".
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
>
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