Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 19:44:44 -0800 (PST)
From: "la .tamar." <tama.austin@gmail.com>
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Thank you. that makes things clearer :)

On Sunday, 31 January 2016 15:37:03 UTC+13, Pierre Abbat wrote:
>
> On 01/31/16 01:43 AM, la .tamar. wrote: 
> > coi 
> > 
> > Does /so'e le mu mlatu/ mean most of 5 cats, e.g. 4 of 5 cats, or most 
> > of a cat of 5 cats, e.g. most of 1 cat out of the 5 I am talking about, 
> > or most of all the cats out of the 5 I am talking about (e.g. they are 
> > all missing tails or something)? 
>
> It means "most (4) of 5 cats". "Most of one of the 5 cats" would be 
> "piso'e le mu mlatu"; "piso'e lei mu mlatu" means "most of the 5 cats", 
> and is vague among interpretations like "4.5 of the cats" and "all but 
> the tails of all the cats". 
>
> > Similar thing here: 
> > 
> > Does /pa fi'u re lo ro mlatu /mean half of all cats, half a cat out of 
> > all cats, or all cats cut in half? 
>
> "pafi'ure lo ro mlatu" means half a cat out of all cats. "pafi'ure loi 
> ro mlatu" means half of all cats, which could be one individual out of 
> each pair of cats, or the left side of all male cats and the right side 
> of all female cats, or any similar interpretation. For half of the 
> individuals, I'd say "rofi'ure lo ro mlatu" or "pa lo'e re mlatu" 
>
> Those are my thoughts; I'm not sure that everyone else would agree. 
>
> Pierre 
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you. that makes things clearer :)<br><br>On Sunday, =
31 January 2016 15:37:03 UTC+13, Pierre Abbat  wrote:<blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0;margin-left: 0.8ex;border-left: 1px #ccc sol=
id;padding-left: 1ex;">On 01/31/16 01:43 AM, la .tamar. wrote:
<br>&gt; coi
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt; Does /so&#39;e le mu mlatu/ mean most of 5 cats, e.g. 4 of 5 cats,=
 or most
<br>&gt; of a cat of 5 cats, e.g. most of 1 cat out of the 5 I am talking a=
bout,
<br>&gt; or most of all the cats out of the 5 I am talking about (e.g. they=
 are
<br>&gt; all missing tails or something)?
<br>
<br>It means &quot;most (4) of 5 cats&quot;. &quot;Most of one of the 5 cat=
s&quot; would be=20
<br>&quot;piso&#39;e le mu mlatu&quot;; &quot;piso&#39;e lei mu mlatu&quot;=
 means &quot;most of the 5 cats&quot;,=20
<br>and is vague among interpretations like &quot;4.5 of the cats&quot; and=
 &quot;all but=20
<br>the tails of all the cats&quot;.
<br>
<br>&gt; Similar thing here:
<br>&gt;
<br>&gt; Does /pa fi&#39;u re lo ro mlatu /mean half of all cats, half a ca=
t out of
<br>&gt; all cats, or all cats cut in half?
<br>
<br>&quot;pafi&#39;ure lo ro mlatu&quot; means half a cat out of all cats. =
&quot;pafi&#39;ure loi=20
<br>ro mlatu&quot; means half of all cats, which could be one individual ou=
t of=20
<br>each pair of cats, or the left side of all male cats and the right side=
=20
<br>of all female cats, or any similar interpretation. For half of the=20
<br>individuals, I&#39;d say &quot;rofi&#39;ure lo ro mlatu&quot; or &quot;=
pa lo&#39;e re mlatu&quot;
<br>
<br>Those are my thoughts; I&#39;m not sure that everyone else would agree.
<br>
<br>Pierre
<br></blockquote></div>

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