From jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Tue Jan 27 04:29:53 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:29:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from web41906.mail.yahoo.com ([66.218.93.157]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AlSLp-0001pV-Pb for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:29:53 -0800 Message-ID: <20040127122921.87085.qmail@web41906.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [200.49.74.2] by web41906.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:29:21 PST Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 04:29:21 -0800 (PST) From: Jorge "Llambías" Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: How much do I mass? To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org In-Reply-To: <40162DBD.16791.79F34@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 493 X-Approved-By: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners la filip cusku di'e > Is {mi li xo grake} a suitable translation of "How much do I mass?"? > (Or, colloquially speaking, "How much do I weigh?".) Yes. I think I'd be more likely to say {mi ma ki'ogra}, because I find kilograms a more convenient unit for people's mass than grams, but grake is also fine. {li xo} and {ma} both work too, I prefer the simpler one. mu'o mi'e xorxes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/