Re: [lojban] Far away

[Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:58 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>
> What would {mi zutse vi lo mitre zu'a lo tricu} mean?

My understanding is that it means "I sit just (a) meter(s) in some
direction from somewhere to the left of a tree."  My reasoning is that
it's possible to have various legs on our imaginary journey: {ga'u vu
vu'a va zu'a vi bu'u} = "far above somewhat to the west of just to the
left of here/there", or with measurements: {ga'u vu lo minli vu'a va
lo mitre be li ci ze zu'a vi lo gutci be li ci bu'u} = "one mile above
thirty seven meters to the west of three inches left of here/there".
So the FAhA to the right of a VA is where it's a distance from, and a
FAhA to the left of a VA is in which direction to go that distance,
thus: {zu'a va} = "a medium distance to the left" and {va zu'a} = "a
medium distance in some direction from somewhere on the left".

mu'omi'e la stela selckiku

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