Re: whether (was Re: ni, jei, perfectionism)

[JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS <jorge@INTERMEDIA.COM.AR>]

Lojbab:
>>I approve of where John went
>>I approve of the place where John went
>
 >Then these would in Lojban be:
>
>mi zanru ledu'u la djan. klama makau
>mi zanru le stuzi poi la djan. klama ke'a

Right.

>Stupid question from the person who seems incapable of understanding
>lambda calculus:
>
>What would be wrong with (or what would it mean, if anything):
>
>mi zanru ledu'u la djan. klama ce'u
>
>If this doesn't mean anything, is it because it is "ledu'u", and would it
>work for leka or lenu?

{mi zanru le ka la djan klama ce'u} would mean "I approve of
the property of being gone to by John", which to me does not make
much sense. What would it mean to approve of a property? It would
be something like approving of the number 5.

To see the difference between {ce'u} and {makau} it is useful
to consider examples where they appear together. For instance:

            la rik zmadu la alis le ka ce'u mitre makau
            Rick exceeds Alice in how much they measure.

{ce'u} stands for the holder of the property, in this case Rick
and Alice. {makau} is the question that has to be answered,
in this case in order to make a comparison.

co'o mi'e xorxes