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On Friday, March 09, 2012 15:52:44 Felipe Gon=E7alves Assis wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I am feeling a bit confused about the place structure of gismu for units,
> such as {mitre}, {cacra}, etc.
>=20
> I used to fill their x2 with a number, like {li papimu}, "1.5". However,
> reading the simplified gismu list, I see, e.g.,
> "
> [lo se mitre]	a number of metres
> "
>=20
> Does that imply that {lo se mitre} refers to something like "1.5m"? Or
> is it really
> just a plain number? For example, can I say things like
>   {ko'a mitre li papimu}
>   {ko'e cacra li papimu},
> and, in that case, can I use {lo se mitre} and {lo se cacra} to mean
> {li papimu}?
> For instance, would the following make sense?
>   {lo se mitre cu namcu}
>   {lo se mitre cu mintu li papimu}
>   {lo se mitre cu mintu lo se cacra}
>   {ko'a mitre lo se cacra be ko'e}

mi mitre li papimu .i lo nunctuca cu cacra li papimu .i mi se mitre lo se=
=20
cacre be lo nunctuca

I have no problem with x2 of the unit words. What puzzles me is the subunit=
=20
places.

mu'omi'e .pier.
--=20
.i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do
.ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga
.icu'u la ma'atman.

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