WikiDiscuss

WikiDiscuss


BPFK Section: Grammatical Pro-sumti

posts: 1912


pc
> {le ka la mimis mlatu la si,amis} is a perfectly good property abstraction,
> naming the unique property Mimi has as being a Siamese cat.

Which is also the same unique property that Siamese has?

Can we say:

la mimis .e la si,amis cu ckaji le ka la mimis mlatu la si,amis
Both Mimi and Siamese have the property that Mimi is a Siamese cat.

That sounds odd to me, because I wouldn't say that Mimi and Siamese
have the same property. What I would say is that they are in a
relationship with each other:

la mimis ckini la si,amis lo ka ce'u mlatu ce'u
Mimi is related to Siamese by the ...is a cat of race... relationship.

Or that each has a different property:

la mimis cu ckaji lo ka ce'u mlatu la si,amis
Mimi has the property '...is a Siamese cat'.

la si,amis cu ckaji lo ka la mimis mlatu ce'u
Siamese has the property 'Mimi is a ... cat'.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


__
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com