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From: jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU
Subject: Re: Numbers
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la kris cusku di'e
 
> ><quantifier> = (su'o|su'e|me'i|za'u|da'a) &
> >               (ro|so'a|so'e|so'i|so'o|so'u|rau|mo'a|du'e|ci'i|<natural>)
>
> I looked in the draft grammar papers and I can't find it... but I thought I
> remembered that you could put digits like "rau" and "bi" together to get
> something that meant "eight, which is enough".  .imu'ubo mi ponse birau verba
 
Yes, I think you're right. I'll change it to:
 
<quantifier0> = (su'o|su'e|me'i|za'u|da'a) &
                (ro|so'a|so'e|so'i|so'o|so'u|rau|mo'a|du'e|ci'i|<natural>)
 
<quantifier> = <quantifier0> ...
 
That way, you can put two quantifiers next to each other signifying
the same number. This allows lots of contradictory things, like
{su'omusu'eci} = "at least 5, at most 3", but what can you do.
 
Jorge