Re: [lojban-beginners] Re: Duration questions

[Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:24 PM, tijlan <jbotijlan@googlemail.com> wrote:


>
> Why would {ze'a lo cabdei} not mean "a time interval which is medium
> relative to the length of today", referring to about 12 hours, instead
> of "with today (24 hours) as the whole interval, the length of which I
> consider medium/unspecified"? Then we could just use {ze'e} in asking
> "To what does the whole interval of your having been living in this
> house amount?" If the answer is {lo cabdei}, the modal remains to be
> {ze'e} independent of the speakers' measurement.
>
>

  Take heart.  That's exactly how I use ze'a and its kin.  Although I
have no idea why your message took so long to get in my inbox...

       --gejyspa

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