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Opposites & Contraries.

The distinction between opposites (da de dukti) & contraries (da de vlina), traceable to William Blake (if not earlier), can be discerned in Lojban in a shadowy way. Simply put, opposites undo each other ("hot"-to-"cold") while contraries form two parts of a whole ("left" or "right"). The metaphors of binary thinking tend not to take cognizance of this distinction, which is essential to clear reasoning. But which of these two classes the pair fits into depends on perspective; someone could just as rightly claim that "left" and "right" cancel each other out, as direcions, and "hot" and "cold" are the two ends of the heat spectrum, making them parts of a whole. Thus the distinction is arbitrary, not absolute. It's akin to the physical phenomenon of energy sometimes being thought of as a particle and other times as a wave; neither type is actually distinguishable in nature, they are only different ways to envision the same concept.

How does vlina enter into any of this? Was da de te vlina meant? Isn't vlina about propositions? --xorxes


Which are these meant to be -- opposites or contraries? Most fit neither description above: neither cancelling out (to lukewarm?) nor being parts of some discernable whole.


cmalu barda

nanmu ninmu

nanla nixli

xlali xamgu

ruble tsali

mutce milxe

jetnu jitfa

pritu zunle

fatci cfika

birka tuple

xance jamfu

preti danfu

nandu frili

balvi purci

nenri bartu

jmive morsi

masno sutra

gusni manku

tordu clani

sampu pluja

xekri blabi

zmadu mleca

cnita gapru

sipna cikna

donri nicte

cerni vanci

jmina vimcu

ricfu pindi

cnino slabu

jibni darno

bebna prije

vensa critu

dunra crisa

clira lerci

carmi kandi

berti snanu

stuna stici

crane trixe

bersa tixnu

mensi bruna

tilju linto

glare lenku

sudga cilmo

kanro bilma

tcadu nurma

slami jilka

danlu spati

smaji cladu

caxno condi

ganlo kalri

dizlo galtu

loldi drudi

ganra jarki

rotsu cinla

palci vrude

tisna kunti

frica dunli

drata mintu

zabna mabla

fliba snada

gubni sivni

rarna rutni

junri xalbo

gunta bandu

xendo kusru

racli fenki


Dubious cases

cirko facki (cpacu)

jdari ranti

sepli kansa (jorne)

krasi fanmo

drani srera

cnici kalsa

kukte kurki