Return-Path: <@FINHUTC.HUT.FI:LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET> Received: from FINHUTC.hut.fi by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with smtp (Linux Smail3.1.28.1 #1) id m0qEL4h-00001EC; Thu, 16 Jun 94 20:17 EET DST Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9647; Thu, 16 Jun 94 20:18:13 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9643; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 20:18:12 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7417; Thu, 16 Jun 1994 19:16:21 +0200 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 1994 18:16:12 BST Reply-To: i.alexander.bra0125@oasis.icl.co.uk Sender: Lojban list From: i.alexander.bra0125@OASIS.ICL.CO.UK Subject: Re: Burning paper X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 844 Lines: 30 la xorxes cusku di'e > My problem is how to fill the x2 of {jelca}. From the definition, it seems that > a dimensioned number should go there, but there doesn't seem to be any way to > get such a sumti in Lojban. > My attempt is: > loi pelji cu jelca le kelvrfarenxaito be li vomupa > but this would be correct only if {jelca} meant "x1 burns at the temperature of > x2", > i.e. x2 is something at the relevant temperature, rather than the temperature > itself. I suspect the best way is li vomupa poi se kelvrfarenxaito or equivalently lo se kelvrfarenxaito po'u li vomupa (I usually try and push the mex convertors (e.g. mo'e) for quantities like this, but they don't seem to help much here.) ----------------------------------------------------------- leka ka'e srera cu se ckaji ro remna mi'e .i,n.