From jjllambias@hotmail.com Sun Jul 29 14:21:23 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 36260 invoked from network); 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m8.onelist.org with QMQP; 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.240.76) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:21:23 -0700 Received: from 200.69.11.247 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.69.11.247] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: kargu mleca Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jul 2001 21:21:23.0373 (UTC) FILETIME=[6B0335D0:01C11874] From: "Jorge Llambias" X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 9010 la and cusku di'e > > For example, how do you say "this is bigger than what I'm looking for". > >Nice question. I'd offer something like this: > > zmadu fa loi SIZE be ti da poi sisku fa mi tu'o du'u ge SIZE fa ke'a > gi co'e vau de > >[I can't seem to find the right gismu for 'size'.] That's because there isn't one. You have to talk about bigness (ka barda or ni barda). But this normally goes in the x3 of zmadu, not the x1 and x2. I'm not sure what you would put there in your case. >By using 'size', I'm somewhat sidestepping your challenge, but you're >welcome to offer examples that aren't so easily sidesteppable. Let's see: "I need what I'm looking for." mi nitcu lo'e se sisku be mi and if possible also: mi nitcu le se sisku be mi which corresponds to the case when there is a specific object that I'm looking for, say my pen. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp