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Re: [lojban] A Short Story




On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 2:42 AM, Jacob Errington <nictytan@gmail.com> wrote:
On 31 May 2013 20:16, selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de> wrote:
 
* Ah, {nonselkansa}. I see that you, like me, are reluctant to use {nonkansa} for "alone", despite its being shorter. {nonkansa} seems to just *scream* {kansa no da} (which even is a potentially useful meaning to have), so seeing {nonselkansa} here felt quite homey.

*Absolutely.* {nonkansa} just doesn't mean the right thing to me neither.

What distinction do you make between "kansa" and "selkansa"? I have always thought of "kansa" as symmetric, and "nonkansa" <- "kansa be no da" = "with no one". What does "nonkansa" mean to you?

I was a bit surprised by "nanmu nonkansa" though. I would have expected "ninmu nonkansa" or "nonkansa ninmu" (if the intent was something like "women alone")  or alternatively "nanmu claxu" ("without men"). But I suppose with tanru anything is possible.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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