Re: [lojban] Baby Words: Effort.

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

On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 10:54:07PM +0200, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote:
> On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:52:20AM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > 
> > I'm at something of a loss to express happiness at my babies putting
> > out a real effort at something.  That's A Big Deal, because the
> > latest research indicates that praising effort (rather than innate
> > ability or accomplishment) is one of the best ways to raise happy
> > adults.
> > 
> > I've been doing stuff like {.i do nandu troci .io sai}, but it's
> > pretty unsatisfying.  Ideas?
> 
> For effort as exertion (what I think you want):
> camtoi
> 	c1 effortfully tries to do t2 by method t3, as perceived by c3.
> 
> tolsurla
> 	s1 expends effort/is actively/effortfully involved in doing/being s2 (activity)

Lovely!  Thank you.

-Robin

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