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Discussion of "cabna"
Comment #1:
Reference frame
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Curtis W Franks (Wed Aug 29 14:28:40 2018)
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If any gismu have a sumti slot for 'in frame of reference', then this one should. I know that we can specify that via "ma'i", but specification of the frame of reference is inherent to and important for the understanding of simultaneity (confer: Special Relativity). There is no universal sense to simultaneity; the frame of reference MUST be specified somehow.
Of course, gismu which are very closely related to "cabna" (such "balvi", "purci", and "zvati"), as well as most lujvo formed partially from this word, could and usually should have this same sumti slot added to their definitions for the same reason.
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Comment #2:
Re: Reference frame
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gleki (Wed Aug 29 15:03:02 2018)
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krtisfranks wrote: > If any gismu have a sumti slot for 'in frame of reference', then this one
> should. I know that we can specify that via "ma'i", but specification of > the frame of reference is inherent to and important for the understanding
> of simultaneity (confer: Special Relativity). There is no universal sense
> to simultaneity; the frame of reference MUST be specified somehow. > > Of course, gismu which are very closely related to "cabna" (such "balvi", > "purci", and "zvati"), as well as most lujvo formed partially from this > word, could and usually should have this same sumti slot added to their > definitions for the same reason.
This is an old question of the 4th tense in Lojban. I consider cabna Newtonic.
Reference links: http://www.lojban.org/files/papers/4thtense https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Relativistic_tense_in_Lojban https://mw.lojban.org/papri/Relativity_theory_in_Lojban
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