Re: [lojban] Baby words: "be careful of X"

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

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 03:52:10AM -0400, Bob LeChevalier, President and Founder - LLG wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >
> >That exactly doesn't work, though; look at kajde.
> >
> >  x1 (event/experience) warns/cautions x2 (person) of/about
> >  danger x3 (event/state/property).
> 
> Good catch.
> 
> >{kajde} describes that something happened/happens that warns
> >someone about a danger.  It is the mention, not the use.
> >tu'a/jai doesn't fix this;
> 
> I'm not sure why not.  After seeing the place structure, I would
> just modify my response to "tu'a mi kajde ..." "Something I do
> warns you about ..."

Right, but *what* is it that you do that warns them?  Certainly
*saying* {tu'a mi kajde ...} doesn't do it, any more than "I have
warned you about ..." in English is warning someone.  It's a mention
of a warning, not a warning.

-Robin

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