Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id QAA17150 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 16:18:33 +0200 Message-Id: <199512111418.QAA17150@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id 64276A46 ; Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:18:30 +0100 Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 06:14:55 -0800 Reply-To: Dylan Thurston Sender: Lojban list From: Dylan Thurston Subject: Re: PLI: length vs longness X-To: Don Wiggins X-cc: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@cmsa.berkeley.edu To: Veijo Vilva In-Reply-To: <9512111351.AA19960@uzi.bfsec.bt.co.uk> Content-Length: 722 Lines: 21 la dn. cusku di'e > I have come across this problem as well. I was thinking about "How long have > you lived here?" How about .i do vi xabju co'a ma or .i ma se nanca le nu do vi xabju or maybe .i do vi je ce'u xabju though that's rather non-specific. And how would you answer these questions? The second one asks for a number so is no problem; for the last, I'm pretty sure no answer more specific than e.g., puzu is possible; but the first calls naturally for an equivalent of "5 years ago". Is there any (reasonably concise) equivalent? (This brings up the whole "tensors" discussion, I suppose. Let's try to keep things concise. Was there a conclusion from last time?) co'o mi'e dilyn.