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On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 07:19:41PM -0300, Jorge Llamb=EDas wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Robin Lee Powell
> <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have, For Some Time Now (tm) wanted a "more than the current
> > value" and "less than the current value" PA (or, more usefully,
> > a "current value" PA). =A0This is just another reason.
>=20
> Suppose "va'ai" is the current value. How would that work?
>=20
> If I say "xu do djica pi va'ai ladru", does that mean "would you
> like the current amount of milk?" Would that be the amount she
> already had, and I'm asking whether she would like a second amount
> like it? Or is it asking whether she is satisfied with what she
> has had?

I would say the latter.

> Would "za'u va'ai" mean an amount larger than the current one,
> such that she would end up having the current amount plus this
> second, larger amount on top of it, or would "za'u va'ai" be just
> any additional amount on top of the current one (but how would
> that fit with the normal meaning of "za'u"?)

Hmmm...  Damn you and your logic.  :P

You're right, you can't really do that with quantifiers, because
you're quantifying the amount of stuff, not whether that amount of
stuff is new or not.

-Robin

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