Subject: Re: [lojban] termsets

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 20:29:00 +0000

la djan cusku di'e

>Invent Yourself scripsit:
>
> > Termsets, rarely used, few understand them. In marking simultaneous
> > claims, how are they different from ".e"?
>
>{A, B} love {C, D} means that A loves C and B loves D.

That corresponds to Lojban jo'u:

abu jo'u by prami cy jo'u dy

Termsets group things differently:

nu'i ge abuboi cy gi by.boi dy prami
{A C} and {B D} love.

A more natural example in English would be:

A gives {B to C} and {D to F}.
abu dunda nu'ige by boi cy gi dy boi fy

Each term in a termset fills a different place.
Does the fact that not even John Cowan can get this straight
prove that termsets are unusable and should be avoided?

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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