From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jun 27 07:33:13 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:33:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FvEcX-00062j-Mm for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:32:53 -0700 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FvEcW-00062b-Le for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:32:53 -0700 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so737864nfc for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:32:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=BRLBOuAR3I7vlbLIqFEyukd8sznKUMb9PqPQqYDvaKvtofpdB4IPkcUzVwC/izy3CcXt7DuahVU50cMK7w5kQpdB0QUd/jBNXEcxqHah9cIGVU/KzONP1u1upnH4DLCrNb9m18w4yRsFQa32dIkMowbgFPGqvUpSmdry8p/s8Mo= Received: by 10.49.19.11 with SMTP id w11mr5671754nfi; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:32:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.92.1 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:32:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <737b61f30606270732o2cf31bf1y3fc813a88377791f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:32:48 -0500 From: "Chris Capel" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: plural markers? In-Reply-To: <2d3df92a0606270647k63f18e4fk561b7109ab91b879@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <737b61f30606261820y44aee9fn6a00372589ba3090@mail.gmail.com> <2d3df92a0606270518h52952da1y6c7ca80d9093aebc@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560606270617l4c509396re568ea918ff64dc4@mail.gmail.com> <2d3df92a0606270647k63f18e4fk561b7109ab91b879@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 11836 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pdf23ds@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On 6/27/06, HeliodoR wrote: > > But I think more common than {za'u} or {su'o re}, when > > plurality is made explicit, will be {so'u}, {so'o}, {so'i}, "a few", > > "several", "many". > > When {ro} [something] signs multiple things does {so'u} > [something] imply plurality? Exactly one object is a few > objects, isn't it? Not in English. It means, roughly, at least 3, but still a small number, in small groups ("A few of the chairs in my house") or when specifying group size ("I own a few guns"), and 5-10% in large groups ("A few of the strawberries that were harvested"). Chris Capel -- "What is it like to be a bat? What is it like to bat a bee? What is it like to be a bee being batted? What is it like to be a batted bee?" -- The Mind's I (Hofstadter, Dennet) To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.