Re: [lojban-beginners] plus or minus

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

On Tuesday 15 March 2011 08:36:16 Luke Bergen wrote:
> ooo nice.  So if I wanted to say "I was attacked by 5 plus/minus 2 dogs" I
> would do {mi se gunta vei mu mi'ire lo gerku}?  Or would I have to close
> the {vei} with {ve'o}?
>
> Is {vei} just kind of like magic that says "here comes math so treat it
> like a number"?

"vei" is an opening parenthesis for mathematical expressions. If you follow 
the mex with something that can't be part of a mex, "ve'o" is assumed. I'm 
not sure why "vei" is required; it's probably some construction that would be 
ambiguous.

Pierre
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