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Discussion of "narviska'e"
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Comment #2:
Re: invisible
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Wuzzy (Mon Nov 24 04:50:16 2014)
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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).
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Comment #3:
Re: invisible
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gleki (Mon Nov 24 10:38:15 2014)
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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.
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Comment #4:
Re: invisible
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Alex Burka (Mon Nov 24 20:41:53 2014)
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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.
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