Re: [lojban-beginners] gismu as sumti

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Friday 03 September 2010 01:48:11 la nub wrote:
> I'm back with another question. I'm very confused about what a gismu
> means when it is converted into a sumti. For instance the gismu xebni.
> Would "lo xebni" refer to one who hates, or hatred itself? Does "lo
> rupnu" refer to monetary units like dollars, or to the worth of an
> object? And what would something like "lo nenri" refer to? I can't
> even have a guess at that one.
>
> Thanks in advance for your response  : )

As Lindar said, "lo <brivla>" always means something that fits x1 of <brivla>. 
So:
lo xebni = a hater
lo rupnu = something whose value is measured in a monetary unit
lo nenri = something that is inside
To refer to a unit as such, I use "si'o": lo si'o snidu cu gradu tu'a lo 
sodnrcezi lo temci.

Pierre

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