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[lojban-beginners] Re: ti/ta/tu, zo'e, da



On 8/17/06, Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/17/06, Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > .i lo munje puzuki citno .i ro cmana cazu crino
>
> I was trying to use "cazu" or "caza" to mean "simultaneous to within X
> time period", where X is za or zu. For instance, in certain context
> things are only simultaneous if they happen within a few nanoseconds
> of each other. In other contexts, that can be seconds, hours, years,
> or eons.

Both "the world was young" and "all mountains were green" are very
long events, presumably the intent is that their durations overlap, so
their simultaneity is not a matter of any separation between them,
neither nanoseconds nor years. They are truly simultaneous.

I took "munje" to mean "universe", not "world", which I think changes
things a bit. I think perhaps we're on the same page here.

Chris Capel
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