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xorxes, you're begging the question, saying "how many centuries" rather
"one hundred times how many years".

I prefer ctona'a, too, because it's a time unit, whereas na'acto is a
number word.

stevo

2012/3/5 Jorge Llamb=EDas <jjllambias@gmail.com>

> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, iesk <pa.fae@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hmm=85 jbovlaste has both "ctona'a" and "na'acto" for 'century'. I
> > remember thinking about that, but I didn't (and still don't)
> > understand which one is better (according to the internal logic of
> > Lojban, I suppose).
>
> ctona'a: ko'a nanca lo xecto be ko'e
> na'acto: ko'a xecto lo nanca be ko'e
>
> From a mathematical point of view they are equivalent, x times 100
> years is the same as 100 times x years, but from a semantic point of
> view I prefer the former, since we tend to think in terms of how many
> centuries rather than in terms of one hundred times how many years.
>
> mu'o mi'e xorxes
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xorxes, you&#39;re begging the question, saying &quot;how many centuries&qu=
ot; rather &quot;one hundred times how many years&quot;.=A0<div><br></div><=
div>I prefer ctona&#39;a, too, because it&#39;s a time unit, whereas na&#39=
;acto is a number word.=A0</div>

<div><br></div><div>stevo<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2012/3/5 Jorge =
Llamb=EDas <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jjllambias@gmail.com">jj=
llambias@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div class=3D"im">On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, iesk &lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:pa.fae@gmx.de">pa.fae@gmx.de</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Hmm=85 jbovlaste has both &quot;ctona&#39;a&quot; and &quot;na&#39;act=
o&quot; for &#39;century&#39;. I<br>
&gt; remember thinking about that, but I didn&#39;t (and still don&#39;t)<b=
r>
&gt; understand which one is better (according to the internal logic of<br>
&gt; Lojban, I suppose).<br>
<br>
</div>ctona&#39;a: ko&#39;a nanca lo xecto be ko&#39;e<br>
na&#39;acto: ko&#39;a xecto lo nanca be ko&#39;e<br>
<br>
From a mathematical point of view they are equivalent, x times 100<br>
years is the same as 100 times x years, but from a semantic point of<br>
view I prefer the former, since we tend to think in terms of how many<br>
centuries rather than in terms of one hundred times how many years.<br>
<br>
mu&#39;o mi&#39;e xorxes<br>
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