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Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: What is the shortest way to say "It's 5 miles ahead"



In "PA1 lo PA1 broda", PA1 is how many broda there are (in context, not in the entire universe), and PA2 is how many of PA1 you're talking about, IIRC.

On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 1:57 AM, ianek <janek37@gmail.com> wrote:


On Saturday, April 7, 2012 6:01:19 AM UTC+2, Lindar wrote:
.i ko ca'u klama seji'e lo minli be li mu
"Go straight up to five miles."
.i ko ca'u klama sela'u lo minli be li mu
"G straight for five miles."

Saying {lo mu minli} is like "some unspecified number of five of some unspecified (though probably one) miles which may or may not be contiguous and by context probably are not or I would have just said so explicitly". Don't be lazy. <3

According to http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Section%3A+gadri
{lo PA broda} means {zo'e noi ke'a broda gi'e zilkancu li PA lo broda}.
How is it "some unspecified number of PA broda"?

Maybe your version is logical, but not practical. You usually don't talk about some unspecified number of five cows, so making it a default option is weird.

mu'o mi'e ianek

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