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BPFK Section: Case sumtcita

On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 22:59 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 05:33:23PM -0700, wikidiscuss@lojban.org
> wrote:
> > Re: BPFK Section: Case sumtcita
> >
> > sefi'e:
> >
> > > le tixnu cu cmila se fi'e lo lisri
> > >
> > > The daughter laughs because of the made-up story.
> >
> > I'm not sure causality should go that direction.
>
> Would you accept "The daughter's laughter is associated with a made-up story." ?

Yes.

> > ka'a:
> >
> > > mi vitke lo dinju be ka'a le jibri jatna be mi
> > >
> > > I visit the building which my boss went to.
> >
> > How is it the building the boss went to? Couldn't it also be the
> > building that the boss departed from? Or the route through which
> > the boss passed?
>
> True.
>
> How about "I visit the building associated with the going of my
> boss"?

That would be much better, yes.

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Theodore Reed <treed@surreality.us>