Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:15:33 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [lojban] A use for {me SUMTI mei}
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On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:33:36 PM UTC+4, tsani wrote:
>
> {me SUMTI mei} is awesome and it seems like we can nicely gloss it as "x1 
> is an amount (on an unspecified scale) represented by SUMTI. IMO, however, 
> the x2 should simply be the type of stuff being quantified. This makes it 
> hold more consistently with the BPFK definition of numeric mei. Indeed, 
> rather than numerically quantifying some x2s, which is what the numeric 
> version does, we can vaguely quantify by comparison with another object.
>
> e.g. {.i mi pinxe lo me lo xance mei be lo djacu} {.i mi citka lo me lo 
> palte mei be lo cakla}
>

looks like Lojban finally got noun quantifiers (tanru were too vague).
 

>
> .i mi'e la tsani mu'o
>

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<br><br>On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 5:33:36 PM UTC+4, tsani wrote:<blockquot=
e class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: =
1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>{me SUMTI mei} is =
awesome and it seems like we can nicely gloss it as "x1 is an amount (on an=
 unspecified scale) represented by SUMTI. IMO, however, the x2 should simpl=
y be the type of stuff being quantified. This makes it hold more consistent=
ly with the BPFK definition of numeric mei. Indeed, rather than numerically=
 quantifying some x2s, which is what the numeric version does, we can vague=
ly quantify by comparison with another object.</div>

<div><br></div><div>e.g. {.i mi pinxe lo me lo xance mei be lo djacu} {.i m=
i citka lo me lo palte mei be lo cakla}</div></div></blockquote><div><br></=
div><div>looks like Lojban finally got noun quantifiers (tanru were too vag=
ue).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
n: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;"><di=
v dir=3D"ltr"><div><br></div><div>

.i mi'e la tsani mu'o</div></div>
</blockquote>

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