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I would suggest {lonu la'oi.I Ching. zasti cu nanca li ji'imuki'o}.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was trying to say "the 'I Ching' is a book more than 5000 years old".
>
> The first problem I encountered is {cukta}. When we say {cukta} are we
> thinking about a physical instance of a book (with its pages,
> hardcover etc) or the concept is general enough to include the
> abstract concept of "books"?
>
> Then I started thinking about "age". We have a "by standard" place for
> "young" and "old" which I think it's not to be used to express the
> age. Then we have an experimental gismu {laldo} whose gloss suggests
> it's just a word for "old" to avoid considering "old" as just the
> opposite of "young".
>
> That said I'm still uncertain on how to express something/someone age ...
>
> Suggestions?
>
> remod
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I would suggest {lonu la&#39;oi.I Ching. zasti cu nanca li ji&#39;imuki&#39=
;o}.<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Rem=
o Dentato <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rdentato@gmail.com" targe=
t=3D"_blank">rdentato@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I was trying to say &quot;the &#39;I Ching&#=
39; is a book more than 5000 years old&quot;.<br>
<br>
The first problem I encountered is {cukta}. When we say {cukta} are we<br>
thinking about a physical instance of a book (with its pages,<br>
hardcover etc) or the concept is general enough to include the<br>
abstract concept of &quot;books&quot;?<br>
<br>
Then I started thinking about &quot;age&quot;. We have a &quot;by standard&=
quot; place for<br>
&quot;young&quot; and &quot;old&quot; which I think it&#39;s not to be used=
 to express the<br>
age. Then we have an experimental gismu {laldo} whose gloss suggests<br>
it&#39;s just a word for &quot;old&quot; to avoid considering &quot;old&quo=
t; as just the<br>
opposite of &quot;young&quot;.<br>
<br>
That said I&#39;m still uncertain on how to express something/someone age .=
..<br>
<br>
Suggestions?<br>
<br>
remod<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>mu&#39;o =
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