Received: from mail-ob0-f189.google.com ([209.85.214.189]:42966) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SE3MZ-0003t6-OB; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:49:24 -0700 Received: by obbup19 with SMTP id up19sf1778311obb.16 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:49:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:date:from:to:message-id:subject:mime-version :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=4FQo+0Mq8i8rtf06MESI5/1xLFdaEUwooM32XH/Qjmk=; b=DmNpbFGnqXK7MBJJv4JTl5+siPJk6aPMRRCdXkvVPBacd/WJR0w1CDAbAlA8XKQ9Cx HYlSTMw8/7nHIMuzwuh65vPls4EQV8BeFqv3M3G+JNx2oOOiYwvf8xQQFwyps/dOUQqq k2IK2IQRRGD6tfeB6+cKC84yXyMaHxavGsj0g= Received: by 10.224.138.82 with SMTP id z18mr298951qat.10.1333219729269; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:48:49 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.44.65 with SMTP id z1ls6410289qae.7.gmail; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:48:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.108.68 with SMTP id e4mr1447618qap.4.1333219727898; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:48:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.70.133 with SMTP id d5msqaj; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.24.98 with SMTP id t2mr141960vdf.2.1333217479694; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:11:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:11:19 -0700 (PDT) From: vruxir To: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com Message-ID: <1185587.1499.1333217479223.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbiz13> Subject: [lojban-beginners] "One more than the current number of X" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: kextrii@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: X-Google-Group-Id: 300742228892 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_1498_13350370.1333217479222" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / Content-Length: 2446 ------=_Part_1498_13350370.1333217479222 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is there a way to quantify a sumti to mean "One more [than the current number of] X"? (Or any other number, not just one.) For example: "We need to recruit one more person." "Two more missing children were found today." I had thought of using "su'i pa da" / "su'i pa prenu", but jboski was not pleased. "za'u" seems to be the reverse of the meaning I need. There are probably circumlocutions available, but it seems like it would be a useful form of sumti quantification. mu'o -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban-beginners/-/pogKhJ0kFYoJ. 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=en. ------=_Part_1498_13350370.1333217479222 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is there a way to quantify a sumti to mean "One more [than the current numb= er of] X"? (Or any other number, not just one.)

For exam= ple:
"We need to recruit one more person."
"Two more mi= ssing children were found today."

I had thought of= using "su'i pa da" / "su'i pa prenu", but jboski was not pleased. "za'u" s= eems to be the reverse of the meaning I need.

Ther= e are probably circumlocutions available, but it seems like it would be a u= seful form of sumti quantification.

mu'o

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