Re: [lojban] searching

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

la'o me. Luke Bergen .me cusku di'e
> Yeah, I wasn't looking for a "we should change lojban suck that..." sort
> of thing.  I assumed there was some solution.
>
> Just kind of sucks that it's very easy for me to say "I am looking for a
> green thing in my dresser" (mi sisku lo (ka?) crino lo seldacru).  But
> for "I'm looking for my keys", I've either got to spend half the day
> spelling it all out, or I guess selkik's tanru works  tolerably well "mi
> troci co zvafa'i lo mi ckiku"

With sisku = "x1 looks for object x2 at location x3", you can still say 
you're looking for a green thing:

mi sisku lo crino

The property is not very convenient, so I always use sisku with the 
above definition.

> I guess it just seems like an unfortunate definition for sisku given how
> easy it is to /add/ an object-by-property aspect to the searching.  i.e.
>   "mi sisku lo creka poi crino" or even "mi sisku lo crino creka".

I would say the above sisku is the most basic predicate, and the old 
sisku can be retrieved with something like "kairsisku".

mu'o mi'e la selpa'i

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