Re: [lojban] Robin retry: commands.

[Betsemes <betsemes@gmail.com>]

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 7:38 AM, la arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have already seen the poor usage of {rei}.
>
> Where?

In a corpus search.

>> What are prohibitives? At face value it sounds like: "reinai ko broda"
>> (I forbid you to do/be broda). Is this what it means. As I guess it
>> is, it's just a command for not doing something, and thus pointless.
>> Could you enlighten me?
>
> Yes, for me it's just [COMMAND]-nai.

So {reinai ko broda) = {rei ko na broda} Hmmm, I think it's as
pointless as the current meaning of {e'onai}.

>> So then, how a cmavo for commands would be defined?
>>
>> rei attitudinal: command - ????
>
> I suppose "command - command not to do".
> The second one is called prohibitive but I can't define it as a prohibition
> as the latter has several meanings.

How about this? "command - obedience optional"

Now I have a question. May a suggestion be called "obedience optional"
and be stated as a command? If so, then that's {e'u}, but {e'u} is
paired with "warning". Personally, I think there is a difference
between "obedience optional" and "suggestion". I cannot precisely
explain it, I just feel it.

mu'o mi'e betsemes

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