Subject: Re: [lojban] <grumble> jmina vs. vimcu

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:42:47 +0000

la camgusmis cusku di'e

>Why is the x2 of jmina the thing added to, but the x3 of vimcu is the
>thing subtracted from?

The first definition of jmina is "x1 adds x2 to x2", so x2 is
the thing added, not added to. Only the second definition
gives "x1 augments x2 by x3". I take it that the first is the
main meaning.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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