Subject: Re: [lojban] Introduction, and zutse/se sutse

From: Invent Yourself <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:36:58 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Jorge Llambias wrote:

>
> la pycyn cusku di'e
>
> >{ka'e} is glossed in terms of potentiality "is
> >inherently capable of."
>
> The problem with this gloss is that it seems to be biased
> towards the x1 of the relationship. {ka'e broda} is a
> relationship. Does it mean that x1 is inherently capable of
> entering the relationship, or does it mean that x1, x2, x3...
> are each inherently capable of entering the relationship?

Good point. Just a few days ago I wrote "ka'e broda da" and realized that
this was counter to the typical use of Lojban. But ka'e works like pu,
operating on the entire relationship. English users are accustomed to
thinking of ka'e as "can", and importing the English intuitive word
ordering. of "(noun) can (verb)".

-- 
I hope they confuse the two and toss away the lit flare while holding
the lit dynamite stick as a statue of Liberty Torch. That would make my
day- for at least a 1/4 hour. -- Fernando