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

[Logical Language Group <lojbab@ACCESS.DIGEX.NET>]

>{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.

I think we often approve of properties.

mi zanru leka melbi

I approve of beauty.

which is distinct from

mi zanru loi melbi

I approve of beautiful things.

and

mi zanru le du'u melbi

I approve of the fact that (something is) beautiful.

and mi zanru le nu melbi

I approve of the occurence of (something) being beautiful

If I get much from ce'u, then

mi zanru leka ce'u melbi

I approve of something's beauty

whereas

mi zanru le ka melbi fo ce'u

I approve of something being a aesthetic standard of beauty.

Both of the above seem to me to be elaborations on

mi zanru leka melbi

but I am not sure whether this is not the illusion of a tired brain.

We are not used to thinking of "gone-to-ness" as a property to be approved
of or even recognized (thoiugh I guess objects of cultural pilgrimages
are known for this property).

lojbab
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