Re: [lojban] ka'e/kakne & mapti/sarxe

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:49 PM, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:
> It definitely falls under the category of "ok, I see what you're trying to
> get at".  I'd hear "mi kakne lo nu do citka" similar to a kid saying "I want
> to candy".  Cutely wrong, but I get what they're trying for.  I'd probably
> correct them (though not by raging that "no, that doesn't make sense, I
> don't understand what you're even trying to say").

But wouldn't the obvious interpretation of that be "I can be eaten by you"?

mi kakne lo nu [mi] citka
mi kakne lo nu do citka [mi]
mi kakne lo nu do citka lo plise [gau mi]

"kakne" requires its x1 to be a part of the event in x2, usually an
agent in x2, but there is no rule that the x1 has to be explicitly
repeated in x2, in fact it is common to leave it out. So I'm not sure
there's anything that needs correcting.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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