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Re: spatial-workout ( premature )

From:claudio <claudio.soboll@...>
Date:Thursday, June 28, 2001, 20:52
thanks mister cowan.
this will help me abit.

am i right to state:

"come" is a mixture of the PERfektive & IMPERfective of "drawing nearer"
"approach" is the IMPERfective part of "drawing nearer"
"arrive" is the PERfective part of "drawing nearer"

?
regards,




JC> claudio wrote:

>> well i have tried to work abit on spatial terms , but put this >> on hold, because its really not an easy task to analyse them and create >> a logical analysis/categorization them.
JC> Here is the table of Lojban directional terms. Each position term is JC> paired with a movement term. JC> in front (of) forward JC> behind backward JC> on the left (of) leftward JC> on the right (of) rightward JC> above upward(ly) JC> below downward(ly) JC> within into JC> surrounding orbiting JC> transfixing passing through JC> next to moving while next to JC> bordering moving along the border (of) JC> adjacent (to) along JC> towards arriving at JC> away from departing from JC> inward (from) approaching JC> outward (from) receding from JC> tangential (to) passing (by) JC> coincident (with) moving to coincide with JC> north (of) northward(ly) JC> south (of) southward(ly) JC> east (of) eastward(ly) JC> west (of) westward(ly) JC> -- JC> There is / one art || John Cowan <jcowan@...> JC> no more / no less || http://www.reutershealth.com JC> to do / all things || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan JC> with art- / lessness \\ -- Piet Hein "rurmlor entflöt, fluppseveri trimel akre wopel larf." - alte redensart