[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 15

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:23 AM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 9:40 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>> >
>> > I think x3 is the size of the cart, so:
>> > ko'a klani ko'e lo ckilu be lo nu ko'a se carce lo xo kau da poi ko'i nilbra
>> > ke'a
>>
>> But what do we use for ko'i? "lo cmalu cu nilbra" seems wrong. Is "lo
>> ka cmalu cu nilbra" right?
>
> How would the answer to your question effect my proposed definition
> (i.e. how would you redefine it)?

I wouldn't have an x3 there. I'm trying to figure out how the x3 is
meant to be used.

> Also, what is x2?.

A number: "li pa", "li re", etc.

> In {klani} 'measured by' to me means 'the person doing
> the measuring' - which doesn't seem very useful.

No, it's a number (or some other quantifier, as "li so'i"), not a
person. "merli" has a person in x1 for the one doing the measuring.

"klani" is the general measure word. All measure words have a number in x2.

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