From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Tue Mar 12 23:08:54 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA10812 ; Tue, 12 Mar 96 23:08:53 GMT Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 826669914:26457:0; Tue, 12 Mar 96 22:31:54 GMT Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa24038; 12 Mar 96 22:30 GMT Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 3345; Tue, 12 Mar 96 17:25:36 EST Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 9881; Tue, 12 Mar 96 17:26:03 EDT Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 15:10:14 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: TECH: magnitude X-To: Lojban List To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <826669825.24038.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R I have been kicking around the idea of a new cmavo of selma'o KI, "ki'i'i" temporarily. A sumti tcita involving this will be a specific magnitude, thus: 1) mi dansu le bisli ve'a ki'i'i lo mitre be li pa I dance on the ice over-interval one-meter. 2) mi pu klama le zarci zi ki'i'i lo mentu be li reno I went to the store merely 20 minutes ago. 3) mi pu klama le zarci zu ki'i'i lo mentu be li reno I went to the store fully 20 minutes ago. This allows some nonsense, like "mi pu ki'i'i klama le zarci, which calls for a magnitude but doesn't give one, and "mi dansu le bisli be'a ki'i'i le co'e", which attaches a magnitude to a direction cmavo, but still I think it works, and with no YACC changes. Comments urgently solicited. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban