Re: Names

[jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU]

la djer cusku di'e

> mi du la'e la djer:
> I am the referent of the name, djer.

That's not quite right. You can either say {mi du la djer} or
{mi du la'e zo djer}.

i la djer cu prenu gi'enai valsi
i zo djer cu valsi
i la'e zo djer cu prenu

> I'm not sure these say what xorxes wants, but there should be a way.

Saying {mi du la xorxes} to me is like saying {ta du lo mlatu} instead
of {ta mlatu}. It is not that it is wrong, it just doesn't sound like
normal Lojban, it looks like the worst calque from English, translating
"is" as {du}.

The idea of using {zei} is just an underhanded way of creating
a predicate out of a name, by combining it with something semantically
empty, that doesn't add anything extra. Otherwise, the name can't be
used as a predicate by itself.

Jorge