From dpt@abel.math.harvard.edu Sat Mar 6 22:45:12 2010 Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 23:02:08 -0400 From: "Dylan P. Thurston" Subject: Re: [forwarded message] To: Bob LeChevalier X-From-Space-Date: X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Message-ID: > la stivn. belnap. cusku di'e > > No ones skin is Platonic ideal blue, but is blue to a degree. Its seems > > artificial to specify that something is 89% blue. A fuzzy means of > > describing the degree of blueness would be most interesting. Has anyone > > thought about this? la djan. cusku di'e > That is supposed to be "le jei le skapi be ko'a cu blanu", the degree-of-truth > of someone's skin being blue. I would just use {le ka blanu} where appropriate. > As far as "ni" goes, I'm as much at sea as > anyone. Does anyone understand {ni}? Is it necessary? It seems like it would be appropriate in "Mary is more of a lover than John", but no-one seems to have a problem with ka: la meris. zmadu la djan. le ka prami Does {ni} ever have a use not covered by either {jei} or {ka}? (With Jorge's uses of {kau}, you could even specify the point of comparison precisely, as long as {xokau} appears exactly once following the {ka}.) mu'o mi'e. dilyn. turstan.