From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Jul 24 09:06:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 71414 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2006 16:05:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.67.34) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 24 Jul 2006 16:05:32 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jul 2006 16:05:32 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1G52vr-0005nv-6A for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:05:26 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1G52tp-0005kC-0S; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:03:22 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:03:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1G52tM-0005jx-30 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:02:48 -0700 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.181]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1G52tJ-0005jp-Ne for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:02:47 -0700 Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id d42so2309035pyd for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.88.17 with SMTP id q17mr7829214pyl; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.14.17 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:02:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <925d17560607240902o82d7511t4bfae0fe2f79822a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:02:44 -0300 In-Reply-To: <12d58c160607221545x6b4d8a0fndb6b30737773b5b1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <12d58c160607221545x6b4d8a0fndb6b30737773b5b1@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 12270 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jjllambias@gmail.com X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:0:0:0 X-eGroups-From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Llamb=EDas?=" Reply-To: jjllambias@gmail.com Subject: [lojban] Re: "How deep is your love?" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=LxEPCRF-n3EP7et96ieXyR22WbSM_e5j1PjlDY0cux11n5ZYtA X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 26696 On 7/22/06, komfo,amonan wrote: > I have a question about the use of "how?" in abstract scales. What is the > Lojban for "How beautiful is her house?" "How strong is that coffee?" Here's > the problem as I see it. The answers to these questions are simple & take > the form: > > lo zdani po ko'a cu mutce melbi > lo zdani po ko'a cu milxe melbi > lo zdani po ko'a cu je'a melbi > lo zdani po ko'a cu no'e melbi > lo zdani po ko'a cu na'e melbi > lo zdani po ko'a cu to'e melbi > > A question like lo zdani po ko'a cu mo melbi could yield the first two > responses, but also myriad others. Also, I don't think there's a question > word that invites a response from NAhE. > > So how beautiful is her house? How deep is your love? I think you could ask {je'a pei}, then the answers could be {je'a cai}, {je'a sai}, {je'a ru'e}... {je'a cu'i} would be {no'e} and {je'a nai}, if it were grammatical (which it should be) would be {na'e}. Perhaps {klani} is also usable with abstract scales: le zdani cu klani ma lo ka melbi .i li pi so'i "The house amounts to how much in beauty? A lot!" mu'o mi'e xorxes To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.