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Ahh, yes, "drata" sounds useful for that. Perhaps "cnino", as well.

ki'e xorxes

On Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:09:36 PM UTC-4, xorxes wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 3:11 PM, vruxir wrote:
> > Is there a way to quantify a sumti to mean "One more [than the current
> > number of] X"? (Or any other number, not just one.)
> >
> > For example:
> > "We need to recruit one more person."
> > "Two more missing children were found today."
>
> You can use "drata":
>
> "ma'a nitcu lo nu cmigau pa drata prenu"
> "re drata ke selcri verba cu se tolcri ca lo cabdei"
>
> I'm not sure that "one more [than the current number]" would work
> here. If the current number is five, then "We need to recruit one more
> [than five] people" would mean that we need to recruit six people, and
> "two more [than five] missing children were found today" would mean
> that seven missing children were found today.
>
> > I had thought of using "su'i pa da" / "su'i pa prenu", but jboski was not
> > pleased.
>
> You need "vei" to use a MEX as a quantifier: "vei su'i pa da" / "vei
> su'i pa prenu".
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
>
>

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Ahh, yes, "drata" sounds useful for that. Perhaps "cnino", as well.<div><br=
></div><div>ki'e xorxes<br><br>On Saturday, March 31, 2012 3:09:36 PM UTC-4=
, xorxes wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-=
left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">On Sat, Mar 31,=
 2012 at 3:11 PM, vruxir wrote:<br>&gt; Is there a way to quantify a sumti =
to mean "One more [than the current<br>&gt; number of] X"? (Or any other nu=
mber, not just one.)<br>&gt;<br>&gt; For example:<br>&gt; "We need to recru=
it one more person."<br>&gt; "Two more missing children were found today."<=
p>You can use "drata":</p><p>"ma'a nitcu lo nu cmigau pa drata prenu"<br>"r=
e drata ke selcri verba cu se tolcri ca lo cabdei"</p><p>I'm not sure that =
"one more [than the current number]" would work<br>here. If the current num=
ber is five, then "We need to recruit one more<br>[than five] people" would=
 mean that we need to recruit six people, and<br>"two more [than five] miss=
ing children were found today" would mean<br>that seven missing children we=
re found today.</p><p>&gt; I had thought of using "su'i pa da" / "su'i pa p=
renu", but jboski was not<br>&gt; pleased.</p><p>You need "vei" to use a ME=
X as a quantifier: "vei su'i pa da" / "vei<br>su'i pa prenu".</p><p>mu'o mi=
'e xorxes<br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></blockquote></div>

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