Re: Adjectives

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

>>>ti tavla sutra cutci mi
>>>This is meaningless gibberish, because it makes no sense for tavla to
>>>modify sutra.  The other way around is ok, because "fast" is a way in
>>>which I can talk, but it makes no sense for "talk" to modify "fast".
>>>Correct?

It is importanmt to forget rules of modification based on English parts
of speech.  All Lojban brivla are equally nouns, verbs, adjectives, and
adverbs.

Thus tavla means "talker", "to talk", "talky", "talking" and "talkingly",
among other things.  "sutra" means "fast one/fast person", "to be fast/
to speed", "fast/speedy", and "quickly" amonmg other things.

tavla sutra can therefore mean something that is fast that also is a
talker, something that is fast in a talking sort of way, and a variety of
other possibilities.  Many instances of tanru which are X Y pairs would
also work as Y X, but with a somewhat different flavor, and of course a
very different place structure since the final element determines the
place structure.

lojbab
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