Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:10:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712060010.TAA09206@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Sender: Lojban list From: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Subject: Re: semisummary: countability X-To: lojban To: John Cowan Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 582 X-From-Space-Date: Fri Dec 5 19:10:19 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU And: >However, does {valsi} mean (a) "is a single word", or does it >mean (b) "is wordage"? > >Under (a), {re da cu valsi} it would mean "Each of two things >is a single word". Under (b) it would mean "Each of two >things is wordage, and the two things are differentiated from >other individuals by virtue of each being a single word". A couple of questions: 1) If {[piro] lei re valsi cu valsi} is true, then is {[piro] lei re valsi} a member of {lo'i valsi}? 2) If two words are wordage, is half a word wordage too? i xu zoi gy thr gy cu valsi bau le glico co'o mi'e xorxes