Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:50:47 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199712152250.RAA13773@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Sender: Lojban list From: JORGE JOAQUIN LLAMBIAS Subject: Re: whether (was Re: ni, jei, perfectionism) X-To: lojban To: John Cowan Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 636 X-From-Space-Date: Mon Dec 15 17:50:49 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU la djan spuda la and noi spuda mi >> > la rik zmadu la alis le ka ce'u mitre makau >> > Rick exceeds Alice in how much they measure. >> > >> Currently I think that it is glico influence that makes us use >> Q-kau here. That said, it is the only way to do it if we >> insist on using {zmadu/frica fi le ka}. > >I agree, and suggest that "ni [ce'u] mitre" is the Right Thing. I don't agree that {ni} works in general. For example: li re zmadu li mu le ka li so sumji ce'u makau 2 is more than 5 in how much you have to add to it to get 9. How do you do it using {ni}? co'o mi'e xorxes