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



On Saturday, April 7, 2012 8:01:19 AM UTC+4, Lindar wrote:

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

Optionally, perhaps:

.i korbi lo minli be li mu lo'o be'o ku ca'uku
"It's at the edge of five miles, straight."


It's not precise. Nothing is said about  the distance between here and there. May be I'm in the middle of of that pathway. So that thing will be only 2.5 miles away ahead.
...or some permutation thereof.

Perhaps?:

.i crane do seji'e ja sela'u ja semau lo minli be li mu
"It's straight in front of you, up to/for/after five miles."

Again I need to explicitly say that the distance should be counted from where I'm standing.

.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."

Much better. Although I never wanted to visit that place. Just pointing out that it's 5 miles away.

I got one more solution.

{fe lo crane be mi ku pluta fi ti fa lo minli be li mu
sa .i
fe lo crane ku se pluta lo minli be li mu}

the second sentence may be good  for conversational speech.

za'a no sumti in {farna}  can be measured in miles.
As for {ve klama} I'm not sure whether it's the straight line between {se klama} and {te klama}. The route might be curved and can take more than just 5 miles to reach (which is the distance between se klama and te klama).
As for {pluta} I'm afraid that it's the synonym of {ve klama}. 

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