From lojbab@lojban.org Fri Apr 14 19:43:11 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25402 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2000 02:43:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 15 Apr 2000 02:43:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy.cais.net) (205.252.14.63) by mta2 with SMTP; 15 Apr 2000 02:43:11 -0000 Received: from bob (31.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.31]) by stmpy.cais.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA14696 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:41:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000414224303.00aa9200@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 22:46:45 -0400 To: lojban@onelist.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Bringing it about that In-Reply-To: <20000415022521.57012.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-eGroups-From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 07:25 PM 04/14/2000 -0700, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > >x1 is prone/has a tendency/inclination/proclivity/predisposition > > >to be/do x2; > > > >jinzi, ckaji (fadykai), fadytra all seem to cover some aspects of this. > >But in all of these x2 is an actual property of x1. I don't think so. > I want >something that need not be actually realized as a property >of x1. This sounds like an example of using the potential/actual aspect markers. And those markers could not be applicable if only actual/realized properties could be specified. The classic Loglan/Lojban example is "flammable", which is merely a tendency/proclivity to burn, and not necessarily something that actually will burn. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org (newly updated!)