Re: [lojban-beginners] How to correctly make comparisons between objects?

[Remo Dentato <rdentato@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Jed <three65daysaweek@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I.e., "more than" or "less than." I can only find out how to do this
> with numbers, not with qualities and things like that.

Following what we usually do with -gau {gasnu}, I would create lujvo
with -mau {zmadu}  -ma'e {mleca} and -du'i {dunli}

{la tom. cu zmadu la bil. lo ka clapre}  -> Tom is taller than Bill
{la tom. cu clapremau la .bil.} -> Tom is taller than Bill

{la .bil. cu mleca la .tom. lo ka clapre} -> Bill is less tall than Tom
{la .bil. cu clapreme'a la .tom.} -> Bill is less tall than Tom

{la .meris. cu dunli la .bil. lo ka clapre} -> Mary is as tall as Bill
{la .meris. cu clapredu'i la .bil.} -> Mary is as tall as Bill

The same with superlative -rai {traji}:
{la tom. cu traji lo ka clapre} -> Tom is extremely tall
{la tom cu claprerai} -> Tom is extremely tall

There are many of those (selckiku once made a huge list of "smart
lujvo" like these)

remod.

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lojban Beginners" group.
To post to this group, send email to lojban-beginners@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban-beginners+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-beginners?hl=en.