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[lojban-beginners] Re: Squares and rectangles
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- Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Squares and rectangles
- From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:55:33 -0700 (PDT)
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>
> On 4/1/08, A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
> > Using the NORALJV
> > lujvvo for 'square', I would make it:
> >
> > {lo kubykurfa cu kurfa poi loi korbi cu dunli simxu le ka clani}
>
> You should either replace {poi} with {gi'e}, or use
> {cu me lo kurfa poi ...}. A poi-clause attaches to a sumti.
Oops! yes, of course.
>
> Also, {simxu lo ka dunli fi lo ka clani}, or {simxu co
> dunli fi lo ka clani}, or {dunlysimxu lo ka clani}.
> {le ka clani} is not quite right as the x2 of {simlu}.
I was hoping someone would offer an alternative to {kubykurfa}
for 'square'. 'a-cube-type-of-rectangle' is plauseable but wouldn't
'an-equally-sided-rectangle' be more obvious - something like
{dunkorkurfa}?
mu'o mi'e .andrus.