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 m2HAYyg-00007dC; Thu, 7 Feb 136 09:11 EET Message-Id: Received: from FINHUTC.HUT.FI by FINHUTC.hut.fi (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5757; Wed, 15 Mar 95 17:17:09 EET Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin MAILER@SEARN) by FINHUTC.HUT.FI (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 5753; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 17:16:56 +0200 Received: from SEARN.SUNET.SE (NJE origin LISTSERV@SEARN) by SEARN.SUNET.SE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7125; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:12:35 +0100 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 09:57:38 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: mo'e X-To: Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <199503150057.AA10777@nfs2.digex.net> from "jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU" at Mar 14, 95 12:31:29 pm Content-Length: 968 Lines: 24 la xorxes. joi la lojbab. cusku be di'e casnu > > >Which one is right? If {mo'e de} means "some number de", then I can't > > >imagine what {mo'e pa plise} could mean. > > > > I was ellipsizing the restriction. How about mo'e de poi namcu > > (actually I might want namcu in the range 1-7 or something like that). > > That's still different from some number de. > > {de poi namcu} could be {li ci} for example. > > Is {mo'e li ci} the same as {ci} as a quantifier? Or is it the number > of numbers three, like supposedly {mo'e pa plise} is the number of apples > in "one apple"? 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. -- John Cowan sharing account for now e'osai ko sarji la lojban.