Subject: Re: [lojban] ce'u once again

From: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:11:55 EST

In a message dated 4/2/2002 4:30:59 AM Central Standard Time, 
[email-masked] writes:

> No it doesn't. 'zmadu' requires a unary property in the 3rd place.
> 
Why? Why not say "is to the left of"? 

<I don't think that a 'makau' is appropriate with 'zmadu'.>

Right; {zmadu} doesn't ask or answer a question (doesn't take a propositional 
object).

<> lenu la fred. bilma cu zmadu lenu la djordj. bilma kei
> leka ce'uxipa goi tu'a ce'uxire rinka leka ce'uxire ruble?

Even there it's not completely clear what is raised out of the abstraction;
it could also be the illness.>

Nor is it clear what abstraction is being raised from -- this is an open 
variable, not confined to the stuff in the neighborhood, except 
conventionally.