From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Jun 27 07:01:35 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 12101 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2006 13:50:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m38.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 27 Jun 2006 13:50:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jun 2006 13:50:39 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FvDwt-0005IS-RB for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:49:52 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FvDut-0004ex-UZ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:48 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FvDuQ-0004eO-CN for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:18 -0700 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1FvDuP-0004eG-9Z for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:18 -0700 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id j40so477096ugd for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.179.12 with SMTP id b12mr2502933huf; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.13.6 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:47:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2d3df92a0606270647k63f18e4fk561b7109ab91b879@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:47:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: <925d17560606270617l4c509396re568ea918ff64dc4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_28941_5798737.1151416035642" References: <737b61f30606261820y44aee9fn6a00372589ba3090@mail.gmail.com> <2d3df92a0606270518h52952da1y6c7ca80d9093aebc@mail.gmail.com> <925d17560606270617l4c509396re568ea918ff64dc4@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -1.8 (-) X-archive-position: 11835 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: exitconsole@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -1.8 (-) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: HeliodoR From: HeliodoR Reply-To: exitconsole@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: plural markers? X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=zPvr_7_PSfINhFuebcpQWt28OBaaM5mU9n4zvFcJvTmF1fterw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 26260 ------=_Part_28941_5798737.1151416035642 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline > > Or you could say {lo za'u dacti}. {za'u} defaults to {za'u pa}, > "more than one". Indeed, and that's even better. Shorter, at least. But I think more common than {za'u} or {su'o re}, when plurality is made explicit, will be {so'u}, {so'o}, {so'i}, "a few", > "several", "many". When {ro} [something] signs multiple things does {so'u} [something] imply plurality? Exactly one object is a few objects, isn't it? mi'e darves. ------=_Part_28941_5798737.1151416035642 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
Or you could say {lo za'u dacti}. {za'u} defaults to {za'u pa},
"more than one".
 
Indeed, and that's even better. Shorter, at least.

But I think more common than {za'u} or {su'o re}, when
plurality is made explicit, will be {so'u}, {so'o}, {so'i}, "a few",
"several", "many".
 
When {ro} [something] signs multiple things does {so'u}
[something] imply plurality? Exactly one object is a few
objects, isn't it?
 
mi'e darves.
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