BPFK Super-Section: BAI sumtcita
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 09:27:51PM +0100, Arnt Richard Johansen
wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 wikidiscuss@lojban.org wrote:
>
> > I'd like to work on coming up with a general template for
> > non-special case BAI / SE BAI and BAI NAI. I think there are
> > just those two cases.
>
> I am of the reductionist opinion that dictionary entries for
> sequences of multiple words, such as as SE BAI, BAI NAI, and SE
> BAI NAI (which you have in BPFK Section: Causation sumtcita
> should be avoided. The meaning of *any* word sequence should be
> deduceable from either the CLL, or the definitions of one of the
> cmavo.
In theory, but in practice explaining what {te pu'e} or {te ta'i}
means is rather difficult, and doing so is easier if it's a seperate
entry.
-Robin
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