From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Thu Jun 16 13:33:09 1994
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Date: Thu Jun 16 13:33:09 1994
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From: i.alexander.bra0125@oasis.icl.co.uk
Subject:      Re: Burning paper
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To: Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@access.digex.net>
Status: RO

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.)

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