Re: HISTORIAN! :) (was Re: [lojban] Re: Event frequency?)

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 08:02:12PM -0500, Bob LeChevalier, President
and Founder - LLG wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >Wow, dikni is weird!
> >
> >I think d1 is the actor, and d2 is the activity/{nu}, so you'd
> >want d2 rather than d1 there.  Other than that, I like it.
> >
> >Bob, can you explain dikni to us?
> 
> I have not read the full context of this thread, but I will
> address what I expect is the issue.
> 
> x2 is a property or event that is regular/recurring in time with
> an interval/property x3 x1 is likely a sumti raised from
> abstraction x2, and like many other raised-sumti places among the
> gismu, it exists because of natlang colloquial usage, e.g. "I am
> regular about checking email every day" (not really, of course %^)
> and "The moon is regular in revolving around the earth"

Examples, please?

x2 can be an event, then?

-Robin

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