From jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:47:12 2010 From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU Subject: Re: mo'e Date: Thu Mar 16 01:38:38 1995 Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Thu Mar 16 01:38:38 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Message-ID: 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