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Re: Events & sisku [was: le/lo]



la .and. cusku di'e

> Further, how come nu gets this definition, but not, say, prenu?
> Why don't we define "prenu" as "potential person" rather than
> "actual person"? I'm not clear as to why nu gets special
> treatment.

Well, actually, "prenu" can mean "is potentially a person"; specifically,
that is "ka'e prenu", but the absence of "ka'e" does not necessary
entail "ca'a", although "ca'a" is often the sensible default.

> So "Christ" is actually a literal translation
> of "Messiah"?

So I believe.

-- 
John Cowan					cowan@ccil.org
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.