From ia@STRYX.DEMON.CO.UK Sat Mar 6 22:45:21 2010 Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 23:14:18 GMT From: Iain Alexander Subject: Re: Quantifiers (was Re: A modest proposal #2: verdicality) To: Bob LeChevalier X-From-Space-Date: Sat May 20 00:32:41 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu Message-ID: jorge@phyast.pitt.edu writes:> > I hadn't noticed that. I knew that there were the two possibilities > {le se cusku ku pe mi} and {le se cusku pe mi ku}, which parse differently, > but apparently mean the same thing, but I thought you could add as many > relative clauses as you wanted without need of {zi'e}. It is strange > that you can have two but no more. Let me try and explain the difference between these two. It's only really significant when the outside quantifier is not {ro}. E.g. re le mu ninmu poi melbi ku poi plana cu zvati Two of the five (women who are beautiful) who are plump are here The inside relative clause goes with the inside quantifier, so I'm talking about five beautiful women. And I'm saying that of those, two of the plump ones are present - the outside relative clause corresponds to the outside quantifier. ta'o For those of you confused about your genders: nanmu nau man x1 is a man/men; x1 is a male humanoid person [not necessarily adult] 1k 332 [word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use remna or prenu)]; (cf. ninmu, remna, prenu, makcu, nanla, bersa) ninmu nim ni'u woman 'women' x1 is a woman/women; x1 is a female humanoid person [not necessarily adult] 1k 130 [word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use remna or prenu)]; (cf. nanmu, remna, prenu, makcu, nixli) -- Iain Alexander ia@stryx.demon.co.uk I.Alexander@bra0125.wins.icl.co.uk