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Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:09:37 -0600
From: Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net>
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Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com, Stefan 1of3 Koch <OneOfThree@gmx.net>
Subject: [lojban] Re: How would you say "plural" and "singular"?
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On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 07:40:14PM -0500, Avital Oliver wrote:
> From: Stefan "1of3" Koch=20
>   mi cusku lu
>=20
>   zoi gy dogs gy du la plural. pe zoi gy dog=20
>=20
>   li'u
>=20
>   .i ri na'epu'i cfipu=20
> But that's wrong. zoi gy dogs gy is not identical to anything called plur=
al. What might have worked is

It's not wrong:  the pe happens inside the name.  dogs is the same
as the thing called "plural of dog".  You're thinking as if he
had said "zoi gy. dogs .gy. du la plural. ku pe zoi gy. dog .gy.".

Doesn't change that it's somewhat cheating though.

> zoi gy dogs gy me la plural ...

--=20
Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net
lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u
                                     sei la mark. tuen. cusku

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