Re: [lojban] Re: Translating preposition

[Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com>]

Would it be bad to call an adposition, even from another language, a cmavo?

mi'e la tsani

On 22 March 2012 19:03, Sid <cntrational@gmail.com> wrote:

I dunno; it's just kinda weird to use the word to describe non-Lojban
stuff. I do think that sumtcita are like adpositions, just think it's
better to make a new word for the general language concept.

On 23 March 2012 04:21, MorphemeAddict <lytlesw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:36 PM, Sid <cntrational@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> "sumtcita" is used to refer to a Lojban concept, and not really the
>> concept of adpositions. I think it would be better to create a new
>> word for the concept instead.
>>
> What is the difference between the "Lojban concept" and "the concept of
> adpositions"?
>
> stevo
>
>>
>> mi'e cntr
>>
>> On 23 March 2012 00:54, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>> > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 01:46:20 Sid wrote:
>> >> By the 'Lojban word for "preposition"', I mean a Lojban word that
>> >> refers to the linguistic concept of "preposition", not the rough
>> >> Lojban equivalent.
>> >
>> > I see no difference (other than placement, which can be specified with
>> > "lidne
>> > sumtcita", "selyli'e sumtcita", etc.). Please explain.
>> >
>> > Pierre
>> > --
>> > I believe in Yellow when I'm in Sweden and in Black when I'm in Wales.
>> >
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