From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Mar 26 15:49:34 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: unknown); 26 Mar 2002 23:49:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 89203 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2002 23:49:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Mar 2002 23:49:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Mar 2002 23:49:29 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2QNnSc24160 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:49:28 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:49:27 -0500 (EST) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] le velski In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1138703 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > la xod cusku di'e > > >Why is skicu4 (the description itself) labelled "a property" in the > >gi'uste instead of a piece of text? > > I guess it is meant to be used somewhat like this: > > ko'a skicu ko'e mi le ka melbi > He described her to me as beautiful. > > x4 is a property that x1 attributes to x2. What kind of > text would you put there? In this case zo melbi. In general, descriptions are more complex than simple qualities. An entire book can be a description of the author's time in the army. -- "You know, it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob? What is the matter with them? I suppose it is because most of them are psychiatrists." -- President Nixon, 26 May 1971