Re: [lojban-beginners] Glass half full

[tijlan <jbotijlan@gmail.com>]

2011/6/10 Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>:
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 7:18 PM, ianek <janek37@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I wondered how to say "a glass half full" in Lojban. I came up with
>> {lo kabri be lo kabrylai be li pimu}, I'm not sure if it's right. Of
>> course it could be some tanru like {xadba culno kabri}, though it
>> sound not quite right and is as ambiguous as all tanru.
>> So now I wonder how to say "a glass half empty" avoiding tanru
>> ambiguity?
>
> I suggest:
>
> lo kabri poi klani li pi mu lo ka culno
> lo kabri poi klani li pi mu lo ka kunti

Couldn't that mean a half of a collection of cups in a shelf or box?
Isn't the klani1 supposed to be the quantity of what's in the cup (lo
se kabri) rather than of the cup itself (lo kabri)?

mu'o mi'e tijlan

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