Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 05:00:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712061000.FAA22751@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: semisummary: countability X-To: a.rosta@UCLAN.AC.UK X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 802 X-From-Space-Date: Sat Dec 6 05:00:25 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU lo valsi are distributed indivudal members of the set or words. loi/lei valsi can include "wordage". I suspect that you are asking something like zo nu ce zo nu ce zo nu Are these 3 members of the set of words, or 3 instances of one member of the set of words. I think the answer is that as yet the language does not distinguish between the choices. lojbab ---- lojbab lojbab@access.digex.net Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: ftp.access.digex.net /pub/access/lojbab or see Lojban WWW Server: href="http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/" Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.