[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 15

["A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>
> To: jbovlaste@lojban.org
> Sent: Sat, November 27, 2010 6:54:32 PM
> Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 15
> 
> On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 5:47 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >> > ko'a klani ko'e lo ckilu be lo nu ko'a se carce lo xo kau da
> >
> > But about about the x2 of carce?  Surely, as an x3 of carcylai, that would
> > answer the question 'cartloads of what?
> 
> The "of what" goes in x1, the "how many" goes in x2.
> 
> "carcylai" is like "litce", or "dekpu", or any of the other measure
> words, except it's not so precise.
> 

But in Alice IV, for "`A barrowful of what?' thought Alice", you have:
  
{lo pa carcylai be ba'e ma}
 
If x2 is "how many" then this should be:
"how many barrowfulls?"
 
 
How would you say "I have two barrowfulls of rocks"?
 
totus