Re: [lojban] Re: age

[iesk <pa.fae@gmx.de>]

On Friday, June 29, 2012 6:14:13 AM UTC+2, tsani wrote:
> {tcidu lo cukta} is definitely weird, but is cutka2 text? Or is it
> more like bangu3: a si'o/du'u of some kind? I'd personally opt for the
> second, because we can say what the book is *about* rather than
> *exactly what it contains as text*.

I like that.
 

> {lo cukta be lo du'u lo nu jamna cu mokau} "A book about war"
> and
> {mi tcidu lu .i xlali lo se gugde li'u lo cukta be lo du'u lo nu jamna cu mokau}
>
> iepei

.ie

So, if I take {tcidu} to have a written text (letter arrangement) as its x2, and the x2 of {cukta} as not the written text but the contents, then combining {tcidu} and {cukta} is somewhat verbose, and my tendency to combine them is perhaps just natlang-biased. Perhaps, from a Lojban perspective, it comes more naturally to say eg {mencti lo se cukta} rather than {tcidu}?

I'm still confused though. I think the English word 'text' can somehow refer to both the arrangement of words/letters and its meaning. *sigh* I should learn Lojban well enough to completely ignore the English glosses.

iesk

PS: Probably not representative, but: http://lojban.lilyx.net/jufsisku/?q=tcidu ...

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