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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] How to say "I have (only) one   brother"?
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I understand now that that is how it works, but if "ro" and "pa" combine 
with other members of PA differently, then how can they be considered 
members of the same selma'o?

On Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:17:27 PM UTC-4, selpa'i wrote:
>
> On 25.07.2013 23:49, ianek wrote: 
> > On Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:28:13 PM UTC+2, selpa'i wrote: 
> >> If you mean "only" as in "I feel lack" or as in "It's a small number 
> >> that I am unhappy about", you could try: {so'u pa ui nai} - "few and 
> >> one 
> >> :( " 
> > 
> > Maybe offtopic, but I'm not sure {so'u pa} does that. I would 
> > understand that as "few tens and 1", ie. 11, 21 or 31. 
>
> You can combine exact and inexact (indefinite) numbers, which is like 
> joining them with {.e}. 
>
> E.g. 
>
>       lo pendo be mi cu se panzi so'i mu nixli 
>       lo pendo be mi cu se panzi vei so'i .e mu nixli 
>       "A friend of mine is the parent of many five girls." 
>       "A friend of mine is the parent of five (which is a lot) girls." 
>
> Or: 
>
>       ro ci djuno cu morsi 
>       "All three knowers are dead." 
>
> There are some other nice things that can be done with joint numbers, 
> like {su'o re su'e mu mlatu} "at least 2 and at most 5 cats", but this 
> might lead us too far off. If it gets too technical, then the main list 
> is more appropriate. 
>
> mu'o mi'e la selpa'i 
>
>
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I understand now that that is how it works, but if "ro" an=
d "pa" combine with other members of PA differently, then how can they be c=
onsidered members of the same selma'o?<br><br>On Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:=
17:27 PM UTC-4, selpa'i wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc solid;padding-left: 1ex;">=
On 25.07.2013 23:49, ianek wrote:
<br>&gt; On Thursday, July 25, 2013 8:28:13 PM UTC+2, selpa'i wrote:
<br>&gt;&gt; If you mean "only" as in "I feel lack" or as in "It's a small =
number
<br>&gt;&gt; that I am unhappy about", you could try: {so'u pa ui nai} - "f=
ew and=20
<br>&gt;&gt; one
<br>&gt;&gt; :( "
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt; Maybe offtopic, but I'm not sure {so'u pa} does that. I would
<br>&gt; understand that as "few tens and 1", ie. 11, 21 or 31.
<br>
<br>You can combine exact and inexact (indefinite) numbers, which is like=
=20
<br>joining them with {.e}.
<br>
<br>E.g.
<br>
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; lo pendo be mi cu se panzi so'i mu nixli
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; lo pendo be mi cu se panzi vei so'i .e mu nixli
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "A friend of mine is the parent of many five girls=
."
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "A friend of mine is the parent of five (which is =
a lot) girls."
<br>
<br>Or:
<br>
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ro ci djuno cu morsi
<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; "All three knowers are dead."
<br>
<br>There are some other nice things that can be done with joint numbers,=
=20
<br>like {su'o re su'e mu mlatu} "at least 2 and at most 5 cats", but this=
=20
<br>might lead us too far off. If it gets too technical, then the main list=
=20
<br>is more appropriate.
<br>
<br>mu'o mi'e la selpa'i
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br></blockquote></div>

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