Monday, June 23, 2008

ki'e - thanks

This week:

* jarco 'show'
* mapti 'fit'
* judri 'address'
* vreji 'record'
* terpa 'fear'

Thanks for reading this blog. Topic suggestions for next week?

Just to remember you:

* rinka 'cause'
* krino 'reason'
* gasnu 'do'
* fasnu 'event'
* gleki 'happy'

The words of the week before summed up:

* sidja 'help'
* nitcu 'need'
* djuno 'know'
* dinju 'building'
* cunso 'random'

The words of the week before the week before were:

* taxfu 'garment'
* cekra 'shirt'
* palku 'pants'
* skaci 'skirt'
* pastu 'robe'

The long-long-time ago words:

* balvi 'past'
* purci 'future'
* cmima 'member'
* lerfu 'letteral
* zmadu 'more'

Friday, June 20, 2008

jarco - 'show'


jarco
ja'o

'show'

x1 (agent) shows/exhibits/displays/[reveals]/demonstrates x2 (property) to audience x3



* reveal (= tolmipygau, mipyja'o, sivja'o)
* also: x1 shows that x2, x1 shows off x2
* showing an object is generally expressed with a tu'a x2, since the properties of the shown object (other than its presence) intended for observation are seldom specified (simple presence could be expressed by leka [object] cu zvati

cf. tigni, cipra, zgana, jvinu, lanli, mipri, simlu

Thursday, June 19, 2008

mapti - 'fit'


mapti
mat

'fit'

x1 fits/matches/suits/is compatible/appropriate/corresponds to/with x2 in property/aspect x3



cf. satci, tugni, sarxe, drani, tarmi, ckini, mintu

judri - 'address'


judri


'address'

x1 is an address of/are coordinates of x2 in system x3



cf. tcita, cmene, ciste, stuzi

Ha, I managed to post something today! .ui

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

vreji - 'record'


vreji
jre, vei

'record'

x1 is a record of x2 (data/facts/du'u) about x3 (object/event) preserved in medium x4



cf. sorcu, datni, papri

Monday, June 16, 2008

terpa - 'fear'


terpa
te'a

'fear'

x1 fears x2; x1 is afraid/scared/frightened by/fearful of x2 (event/tu'a object)



* also: x1 feels terror about x2;
* x2 is fearsome/fearful/frightening/scary to x1 (= selte'a to reorder places)

cf. snura, xalni, xanka, virnu

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Co-workers needed!

Hello together!

I need some co-workers to make the posts more regular. Please comment, mail me or tell me your blogger account name on irc, so I can add you as an author/contributor.

Thanks.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

ki'e - thanks

This week:

* rinka 'cause'
* krino 'reason'
* gasnu 'do'
* fasnu 'event'
* gleki 'happy'

Again, I need some help to post on a daily basis. Volunteers are welcome.
Thanks for still reading if you do so. I'll install something to give me access statistics, just to make sure I'm not doing this in vain.

Just to remember you:

* sidja 'help'
* nitcu 'need'
* djuno 'know'
* dinju 'building'
* cunso 'random'

The words of the week before summed up:

* taxfu 'garment'
* cekra 'shirt'
* palku 'pants'
* skaci 'skirt'
* pastu 'robe'

The words of the week before the week before were:

* balvi 'past'
* purci 'future'
* cmima 'member'
* lerfu 'letteral
* zmadu 'more'

The long-long-time ago words:

* darlu 'argue'
* girzu 'group'
* tinbe 'obey'
* kagni 'company'
* zekri 'crime'

Friday, June 13, 2008

gelki - 'happy'


gleki
gek, gei

'happy'

x1 is happy/gay/merry/glad/gleeful about x2 (event/state)



* adversity (= kamnalgei)

cf. badri, cinmo

gelki is related to the attitudinal {.ui}, see also
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-download_wiki_attachment.php?attId=185&page=The+Lojban+Reference+Grammar

Thursday, June 12, 2008

fasnu - 'event'


fasnu
fau

'event'

x1 (event) is an event that happens/occurs/takes place; x1 is an incident/happening/occurrence



cf. cmavo list fau, krefu, lifri, fatci, rapli; gasnu, zukte, if speci
fically agentive, banli

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

gasnu - 'do'


gasnu
gau

'do'

x1 [person/agent] is an agentive cause of event x2; x1 does/brings about x2



cf. cmavo list gau, gunka, zukte, rinka, fasnu for non-agentive events, jibri, kakne, pilno)

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

krinu - 'reason'


krinu
ki'u

'reason'

x1 (event/state) is a reason/justification/explanation for/causing/permitting x2 (event/state)



cf. ciksi, rinka, nibli, mukti, se jalge, te zukte, cmavo list ki'u, bapli

Let me point you to modals: http://jbotcan.org/cllc/c9/s7.html
There are a lot more, but I won't post them all ;)

Monday, June 9, 2008

rinka - 'cause'


rinka
rik, ri'a

'cause'

x1 (event/state) effects/physically causes effect x2 (event/state) under conditions x3



* x1 is a material condition for x2
* x1 gives rise to x2

cf. gasnu, krinu, nibli, te zukte, se jalge, bapli, jitro, cmavo list ri'a, mukti, ciksi, xruti

Let me point you to modals: http://jbotcan.org/cllc/c9/s7.html