From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jun 28 09:26:48 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:26:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fvcs1-0000Aw-IT for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:26:29 -0700 Received: from web81305.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.199.121]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fvcs0-0000Ap-HR for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:26:29 -0700 Received: (qmail 98819 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Jun 2006 16:26:27 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=NLJa4aNhgDbQSg0Dm5W/i4mR8dqqUMR1BA/Lrn70/j7iKVfYl/3gmnnyLoCe/QsK5mXbkTWO7vG2o9j1LfBwyrEdmgWf4PA0MwmWLAYFjhdp84HfEbWAs4ccFCL4dHnnG9lbXmqqt4nYTEIXWQl+Dc0nf1fpRdroDBELnoEYpDs= ; Message-ID: <20060628162627.98817.qmail@web81305.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [70.237.199.54] by web81305.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:26:27 PDT Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 09:26:27 -0700 (PDT) From: John E Clifford Subject: [lojban] Re: plural markers? To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <2d3df92a0606280532s3c0733d4h83347f4ee05d0ff4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-archive-position: 11846 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Sorry I missed it. It is a fundamental point about Lojban, which gets missed in our Anglocentric fondness for marked number. --- HeliodoR wrote: > > So -- context permitting -- the best plural is just the form without > internal quantifiers at all. > > mi cusku lo mintu be di'u > > > mi'e darves > 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.