Hmm. So "blind" (unable to see) is narviska'e but "invisible" (unable to\%\%\%be seen) is selvisnalka'e. This seems undesirably asymmetric to me.\%\%\%

Comment #2: Re: invisible

Wuzzy (Mon Nov 24 04:50:16 2014)

durka42 wrote:\%\%\%> Hmm. So "blind" (unable to see) is narviska'e but "invisible" (unable\%\%\%to\%\%\%> be seen) is selvisnalka'e. This seems undesirably asymmetric to me.\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%I am not really happy with the definition of selvisnalka'e. I always\%\%\%understood “kakne” to mean something along the lines of “innately\%\%\%capable”. So a capability like “to be seen” is not really a\%\%\%capability at all, it’s completely passive. Maybe I should find a better\%\%\%word for “x1 is invisible for x2 under conditions x3” so\%\%\%“selvisnalka'e” can be “deprecated”.\%\%\%\%\%\%Also: “nar” (na) vs “nal” (na'e).\%\%\%

Comment #3: Re: invisible gleki (Mon Nov 24 10:38:15 2014) Wuzzy wrote:\%\%\%> durka42 wrote:\%\%\%> > Hmm. So "blind" (unable to see) is narviska'e but "invisible"\%\%\%(unable\%\%\%> to\%\%\%> > be seen) is selvisnalka'e. This seems undesirably asymmetric to me.\%\%\%> \%\%\%> \%\%\%> I am not really happy with the definition of selvisnalka'e. I always\%\%\%> understood “kakne” to mean something along the lines of “innately\%\%\%> capable”. So a capability like “to be seen” is not really a\%\%\%> capability at all, it’s completely passive. Maybe I should find a\%\%\%better\%\%\%> word for “x1 is invisible for x2 under conditions x3” so\%\%\%> “selvisnalka'e” can be “deprecated”.\%\%\%> \%\%\%> Also: “nar” (na) vs “nal” (na'e).\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%\%It should be "ko'a na jai cumki fai lo ka se viska"\%\%\%\%\%\%which results in selvisnarjaxycu'i.\%\%\%\%\%\%Not sure it's worth it.\%\%\% Comment #4: Re: invisible Alex Burka (Mon Nov 24 20:41:53 2014) gleki wrote:\%\%\%> Wuzzy wrote:\%\%\%> > durka42 wrote:\%\%\%> > > Hmm. So "blind" (unable to see) is narviska'e but "invisible"\%\%\%> (unable\%\%\%> > to\%\%\%> > > be seen) is selvisnalka'e. This seems undesirably asymmetric to\%\%\%me.\%\%\%> > \%\%\%> > \%\%\%> > I am not really happy with the definition of selvisnalka'e. I always\%\%\%> > understood “kakne” to mean something along the lines of\%\%\%“innately\%\%\%> > capable”. So a capability like “to be seen” is not really a\%\%\%> > capability at all, it’s completely passive. Maybe I should find a\%\%\%> better\%\%\%> > word for “x1 is invisible for x2 under conditions x3” so\%\%\%> > “selvisnalka'e” can be “deprecated”.\%\%\%> > \%\%\%> > Also: “nar” (na) vs “nal” (na'e).\%\%\%> \%\%\%> \%\%\%> It should be "ko'a na jai cumki fai lo ka se viska"\%\%\%> \%\%\%> which results in selvisnarjaxycu'i.\%\%\%> \%\%\%> Not sure it's worth it.\%\%\%\%\%\%selvisnarcu'i seems good. But I might go with visnarka'e instead of\%\%\%narviska'e, again for symmetry. But that's minor.\%\%\%