From lojbab@lojban.org Fri Nov 14 06:03:24 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 84468 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2003 14:03:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 14 Nov 2003 14:03:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao02.cox.net) (68.1.17.243) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Nov 2003 14:03:22 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org ([68.228.12.146]) by lakemtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031114140313.SWYR2297.lakemtao02.cox.net@bob.lojban.org> for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:03:13 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20031114085812.0310b080@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: lojbab@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 09:03:22 -0500 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] {Archivist} niltei? In-Reply-To: <200311121834.08980.phma@webjockey.net> References: <20031112224720.GI4805@digitalkingdom.org> <20031112224720.GI4805@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Bob LeChevalier X-Originating-IP: 68.1.17.243 X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21151 At 06:34 PM 11/12/03 -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: >On Wednesday 12 November 2003 17:47, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > In the definition for temci, it says: > > > > [also age/elapsed time (= niltei)]; > > > > What is the place structure of niltei, and how does one use it? > >The place structure is "x1 is the amount that x2 is the time interval from x3 >to x4". You forgot the units. x1 is the quantity on scale x2 by which x3 is the time interval from x4 to x5 perhaps reversing the orderof x2 and x3 >How one uses that, I can't imagine. For the elapsed time of an event, >I'd use {selra'i} or {teryre'i}. ISTM that those are just another form of lo temci - they are intervals and not measurements of intervals. -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, Founder, The Logical Language Group (Opinions are my own; I do not speak for the organization.) Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org