From sentto-44114-1847-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Wed Jan 26 19:42:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 1830 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2000 19:42:16 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 26 Jan 2000 19:42:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 28709 invoked by uid 40001); 26 Jan 2000 19:43:27 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 28706 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2000 19:43:27 -0000 Received: from ej.egroups.com (208.48.218.19) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 26 Jan 2000 19:43:27 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-1847-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.35] by ej.egroups.com with NNFMP; 26 Jan 2000 19:43:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 25791 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2000 19:43:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.10.35 with QMQP; 26 Jan 2000 19:43:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.44) by 10.1.10.26 with SMTP; 26 Jan 2000 19:43:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 15156 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jan 2000 19:43:25 -0000 Message-ID: <20000126194325.15155.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 12.128.10.26 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:43:24 PST X-Originating-IP: [12.128.10.26] To: lojban@onelist.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@onelist.com; contact lojban-owner@onelist.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@onelist.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 11:43:24 PST From: "Jorge Llambias" Subject: Re: [lojban] comments about Re: Translation needed Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: "Jorge Llambias" la adam cusku di'e > > ji'irevoki'o prenu cu mrobi'o ca ro djedi > > ri'a le nu xagji a le xagjyki'i rinka > > > > But that says that the same 24000 people die every day! > > We need to change the order of the terms: > > > > ca ro djedi ji'irevoki'o prenu cu mrobi'o > > ri'a le nu xagji a le xagjyki'i rinka > >I didn't think that the position of seltcita sumti made any difference. >Does the book mention this? Probably not explicitly, but tagged terms behave just as regular terms, so the order of quantification should work just as for regular terms. > > i pizemu lei mrobi'o cu verba li me'imu > >How do we know that we're not talking about children under 5 >months? It's just possible enough that would be the case. My personal interpretation is that x2 of verba is in years. I don't know of any logical way in Lojban of filling a slot with dimensioned numbers, so I take all places that require a number as dimensionless. co'o mi'e xorxes ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Get what you deserve with NextCard Visa. ZERO. Rates as low as 0.0 percent Intro APR, online balance transfers, Rewards Points, no hidden fees, and much more. Get NextCard today and get the credit you deserve. Apply now! Get your NextCard Visa at Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com