Re: Weekly Vocab 6: to know
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 16:57 |
Garrett Jones scripsit:
> something interesting i noted with people's translations for the verb 'to
> know': all but one person's conlang either had more than one word for the
> english word 'to know' or omitted a word in one case.
Lojban, like German, has three words: to be familiar with, to know as a fact,
to have a skill.
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