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by janKipo
Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:10 am
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: Left, right, numbers and "The Stuff of Thought"
Replies: 20
Views: 29485

Re: Left, right, numbers and "The Stuff of Thought"

Good question. And the answer , of course, is that it ha been over and over. I’ve only been involved for the last 15 years, but I have seen all the points you rise -- and then a few -- over and over. The writing solution for left and right seems to ahve been the turning point, with more and more eop...
by janKipo
Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:17 pm
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: Left, right, numbers and "The Stuff of Thought"
Replies: 20
Views: 29485

Re: Left, right, numbers and "The Stuff of Thought"

In fact, “the sun rises” and “the sun sets” are. pretty universals, since they are apparent to sight in almost all environments. “The sun starts” or even “the day starts” are less obvious and common. Still, as you say, nothing is really fixed in spite of the usefulness of familiarity, so go ahead ah...
by janKipo
Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:49 am
Forum: ijo ante | miscellaneous | diversaj
Topic: Left, right, numbers and "The Stuff of Thought"
Replies: 20
Views: 29485

Re: Left, right, numbers and "The Stuff of Thought"

The amazing thing about the Abos with their pure irectional system is that thye can pull it off even away from their homeland, in cow-mapped cities and even other hemisphere. Local systems like the Egyptian Nile one are ommon in most uniform areas, like Koka and Diamond in Oahu and seaward and shrar...
by janKipo
Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:47 pm
Forum: musi
Topic: A few haiku of Matsuo Basho in Toki Pona
Replies: 8
Views: 18914

Re: A few haiku of Matsuo Basho in Toki Pona

In item 1, the subject of the secondclause. is' mi wan taso’ not just ‘mi’, so a ‘li’ is required before ‘tawa’. This screws up the metre and so requires some rewriting.(could just drop ‘wan’, since ‘taso’ already means “alone”). Number three doesn;t seem to work. at all, “Every thing is the existen...
by janKipo
Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:05 am
Forum: musi
Topic: A few haiku of Matsuo Basho in Toki Pona
Replies: 8
Views: 18914

Re: A few haiku of Matsuo Basho in Toki Pona

Oh! So ‘wa taso’ is meant to modify ‘’kasi anpa’’ not be the object of ‘lon’. But then it should be after it somehwere )after ‘kasi anpa’’ seems too soon, but probably is best, as after ‘’tenpo lete taso’ can get misinterpeted). Otherwise you are saying that esistence is the only prperty of the gras...