Re: [lojban-beginners] "How many" confusion

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

On Wednesday 05 January 2011 20:03:16 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Q) .i xo da tunba
> A) re | re tunba | re tunbe be mi

The short answer is "re"; longer ones are "re da" and "re da tunba".

> Q) .i ma tunba do
> A) re | re tunba | re tunba be mi

You can't answer "ma tunba do" with "re". It's expecting a sumti. The other 
two answers are valid, as is "la djan .e la djim". ("la djan. joi la djim. 
tunba mi" means that together they are your sibling, which is valid, but 
sounds funny.)

Pierre
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