Re: [lojban] re'o vs ne'a

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

On Thursday 15 September 2011 20:09:48 Jorge Llambías wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> > What about "mo'i ru'u ka'argau lo sluni"? I cut them parallel to the
> > veins, a layer or two at a time; they last longer that way.
>
> "ka'argau" means "x1 makes x2 cut x3", right?

Yes, that should be "ka'argau fi lo sluni", but I think I originally 
wrote "katna lo sluni", though I use a knife.

> Does "mo'i ru'u" mean "moving around" or "moving towards the surroundings
> of"?

I looked through a few sections of chapter 10 and didn't find enough examples 
to decide that. Another possible interpretation would be that a group of 
children start in one place and move until they surround the school.

> Are you describing the movement of the blade, or the movement of the
> onion? Isn't it easier to rotate the onion rather than move the blade
> around it?

I rotate the onion, but I'm describing the movement of the blade in the 
onion's frame of reference.

Pierre
-- 
sei do'anai mi'a djuno puze'e noroi nalselganse srera

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