Sorry for not running this thread properly and for poorly formulated questions and ideas.
I have been overwhelmed by other non-lojbanic stuff lately.
anyway ki'esai
On Monday, October 8, 2012 3:55:57 PM UTC+4, selpa'i wrote:
Am 08.10.2012 13:11, schrieb la gleki:
> I also have to say thatit's simpkly strange not to have a simple way to
> express logophor in Lojban.
> Actually neither {vo'a} nor {ri} can do the trick.
>
> {vo'a} won't refer to the nesting bridi we need if there are more than
> two nesting levels.
> e.g. in {do djuno lo du'u mi djuno lo du'u vo'a stati} /vo'a /refers to
> /do/ but we need it to refer to /mi./
do djuno lo du'u mi djuno lo du'u lo no'a cu stali
> /
> /
> In {.i ta mlatu .i djica lo nu ri sipna kei fa lo remna} /ri/ refers to
> the cat whereas we want it to refer to /lo remna/.
ta mlatu .i djica lo nu vo'a sipna kei fa lo remna
>
> The only way is to use {goi} which produces awkward sentences.
>
> Let's take two examples.
> 1. I'm afraid to revenge [on people]
> 2. I'm afraid of revenge.
>
> 1. lo remna goi ko'a terpa lo nu ko'a venfu
> 2. lo remna terpa lo nu venfu
1. lo remna cu terpa lo nu vo'a venfu
2. lo remna cu terpa lo nu [vo'a] se venfu
You rarely need the "vo'a" or "lo no'a" in such simple sentences,
specifying explicitly only happens when confusion might arise.
Lojban does not have a static solution for logophoric pronouns, but it
has the tools for a dynamic one, using vo'a, no'a and nei.
mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
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