Received: from mail-qy0-f189.google.com ([209.85.216.189]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1PaZfG-00065o-AE; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:09:01 -0800 Received: by qyk1 with SMTP id 1sf53317993qyk.16 for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:x-beenthere:received:received:received :received:received-spf:received:mime-version:received:received :in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results:reply-to :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=1hv7tx+FCB6L/VXYMkYOteV3C7+x0cRK6+ToscSxjs4=; b=uNbVpj2SR4YAbpbcn067vz10BS7wLjAQCmldv0e0FIITE+UJtSkG86ep8GvMB/gM51 OIvJDyXe/ho6+AuEEcF/9qvF6dOII7IoQSQ+RuXxWM1FngnpZ7o7A0+WW8RrSgfsu/DP diDzoF6KiyCELKwAz8dBDNkq8q48KIeor3RMg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe :list-unsubscribe:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=R+OpCAUzgVXWTYaHVZci8WsRD3/sppc8yJYYGJq7DcTmlaq/YdiIS39mN75Crk0Myx QEURNwFseBeIOUYrjUNYdHLJGNK4Pku1Ff3Ttlcm9U03nTsQKxZ2HR33nICvZ0jLUJ4O zi3LLs5DhwC8tEytx1ioyQ5azxgqD8gpfEEek= Received: by 10.229.30.213 with SMTP id v21mr3232442qcc.35.1294258120883; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:40 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.229.195.134 with SMTP id ec6ls6428980qcb.2.p; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.81.14 with SMTP id v14mr159661qck.1.1294258119707; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.81.14 with SMTP id v14mr159660qck.1.1294258119587; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-qw0-f68.google.com (mail-qw0-f68.google.com [209.85.216.68]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTP id 19si4351338qci.1.2011.01.05.12.08.38; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:38 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.68 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.68; Received: by mail-qw0-f68.google.com with SMTP id 9so5675764qwj.7 for ; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:38 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.95.81 with SMTP id c17mr20078277qcn.99.1294258118102; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:08:38 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.213.204 with HTTP; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:08:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:08:38 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] "How many" confusion From: Michael Turniansky To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: mturniansky@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of mturniansky@gmail.com designates 209.85.216.68 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=mturniansky@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com; contact lojban-beginners+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Length: 1203 "xo tunba be do" is all you need. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Alex Rozenshteyn wro= te: > How many siblings do you have? > My first instinct was {li xo tunba}, but this seems wrong, especially sin= ce > {li pa tunba} is nonsensical; the number one cannot be a sibling. > Would "[I have] two siblings." be {reda tunba}, and "How many siblings [d= o > you have]?" be {xoda tunba}? > > -- > =A0=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Alex R > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Lojban Beginners" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=3Den. > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= Lojban Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@= googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban= -beginners?hl=3Den.