From sentto-44114-22610-1087946319-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Tue Jun 22 16:22:24 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:22:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.75]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1Bcuae-0006bq-6e for lojban-in@lojban.org; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 16:22:08 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-22610-1087946319-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.160] by n2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Jun 2004 23:18:39 -0000 X-Sender: yann.ledu@noos.fr X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 86702 invoked from network); 22 Jun 2004 23:18:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m20.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Jun 2004 23:18:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx.noos.fr) (195.46.220.222) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jun 2004 23:18:38 -0000 Received: from noos.fr (pm-mnet1 [195.46.220.220]) by mx.noos.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id B3DE3280C6 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:18:37 +0200 (MEST) X-Mailbox-Line: From yann.ledu@noos.fr Wed Jun 23 01:18:37 2004 Received: from m230.net81-65-214.noos.fr (m230.net81-65-214.noos.fr [81.65.214.230]) by pm-mnet1.mgn.net with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:18:37 (MEST) X-X-Sender: yann@neuron.noos.fr To: Lojban In-Reply-To: <20040622214633.72630.qmail@web41902.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 195.46.220.222 From: Yann Le Du X-Yahoo-Profile: yldjtb MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:18:37 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [lojban] Re: Question on "a lot of water" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 8140 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: yann.ledu@noos.fr Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Jorge Llambías wrote: > You need a gadri in front of {ni djacu}, for example > {lo ni djacu cu barda}. That would say that the amount > of (something) being water is big. > > More directly you can say {le djacu cu barda}, > "the quantity of water is big". > > If you want to say something about a certain big amount of water, > then {le djacu barda} or {le barda djacu}, or {le barda je djacu}: > "the thing I have in mind, which I describe as big and water." > For example: > > mi pu zi mo'u vimcu le barda djacu poi carvi ti > "I just finished removing the lot of water which fell here." > > If you don't have a specific lot of water in mind, then {lo} > is better: > > ca ro nu carvi kei lo barda djacu cu nerbi'o le zdani > "Every time it rains, a lot of water gets inside the house." mi troci le cusku je'e .a'u .i le do cusku cu sidju mi jbotadni mi pu zi mo'u tadni vofi'upamu lei cukta pe la nik.nikolas. joi la robin.tr. Also, could we say {ti djacu cu barda} to mean "( (this here) quantity of water ) is big" ? mu'o -- Yann Le Du http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/users/YannLeDu ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/