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 m2HAYTE-00007dC; Thu, 7 Feb 136 08:39 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 6152; Thu, 16 Mar 95 02:20:03 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 6149; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 02:20:02 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1785; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 01:16:01 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 17:46:27 EST Reply-To: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sender: Lojban list From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: mo'e X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 821 Lines: 21 la djan cusku di'e > I think that "mo'e li ci" is the same as "ci". However, it is not the case > that "mo'e pa plise" is the number of apples in "one apple". Rather, it is > a dimensioned number, like "5 meters", that has been coerced to the right > grammatical type to fit in an equation. So {mo'e} has a different meaning when its argument is a number than when it's something else? If {mo'e ci plise} is a dimensioned number, then so must be {mo'e ci namcu}, and so must be {mo'e pa namcu}. So {mo'e pa namcu} is not just any number, but the dimensioned number "one number". What is {mo'e da}? Does it follow the {mo'e li ci} pattern, thus giving "some number da", or does it follow the {mo'e ci plise} pattern, thus giving "at least one of something". I don't think we can have both and be consistent. Jorge