Re: [lojban-beginners] How to say "to the degree of"?

[Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM, la arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:

is there a BAI/brivla for "to the degree of" ?

1. I'm so strong that I can lift this piano = I'm strong to the degree that I can lift this piano

2. Are you as excited as we are? = Are you excited to the same degree as we are excited?

3. How rich is Tom? = To what degree Tom is rich?

4. The food was so good that I ate too much. = The food was good to the degree that I ate too much.

May be it's gradu but then what to fill it's places with?

gradu = x1 [magnitude] is a unit/degree of/on scale/reference standard x2 (si'o) measuring property x3.

#4 seems like my somewhat xorxo {dukse}: lo cidja cu dukse lo ni ce'u kukte kei lo ka ko'a ce'ai mi na dukse lo ni  ce'u citka ko'a. "The food is too good for me to not eat too much of it." (Note that this wasn't actually xorxo, I just thought dukse meant this in the first place, then found out I was wrong much later).

I realize this is a bit verbose, though.

mi'e la latro'a mu'o

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