Re: [jboske] individuation and masses (was: RE: mass, group,

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

la djan cusku di'e

> Countability. "How many beers [drinks] have you had?" "How many beers
> [vats] are in this cellar?" "How many beers [cans] are in the fridge?"
> All these questions make sense and thus want "xu lo birje".

{xo lo birje}, yes, we all agree about that.

> Where counting does not make sense, then "loi birje" is appropriate.

{lo birje} can also be appropriate in some of those cases.
{le botpi cu vasru lo birje}, "the bottle contains some amount
of beer".

Sometimes we do need counting with the collective sense:
{oi mi na ka'e bevri lei bi birje}, "I can't carry the 8 beers!"
I could carry each of them, but not the eight as a whole.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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