Received: from VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (vms.dc.lsoft.com [205.186.43.2]) by locke.ccil.org (8.6.9/8.6.10) with ESMTP id QAA23530 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 16:18:41 -0500 Message-Id: <199511232118.QAA23530@locke.ccil.org> Received: from PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM (205.186.43.4) by VMS.DC.LSOFT.COM (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id D833CC81 ; Thu, 23 Nov 1995 17:09:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 16:08:17 -0500 Reply-To: Jorge Llambias Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: xe'u selma'o X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu, jorge@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu To: John Cowan Status: OR X-From-Space-Date: Thu Nov 23 16:18:43 1995 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU Chris: > Given the proposed {xe'u}, would this be correct? > > mi do zmadu leka xe'uda ponse xokau mlatu > I have more cats than you. Yes, in my opinion. > If not, how do you say it? mi do zmadu leka ke'a ponse xokau mlatu That is assuming that cats can be owned. There was some argument at some point that the correct version should be: mi do zmadu leka xokau mlatu cu ponse ke'a I surpass you in how many cats own each of us. Jorge