Re: [lojban-beginners] so'inono

[Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com>]

de'i li 11 pi'e 04 pi'e 2010 la'o fy. Stela Selckiku .fy. cusku zoi  
skamyxatra.
> I noticed this usage on the new ralju pagbu (excellent project btw):
> "so'inono".  I assume that means "hundreds"?  I'd never seen the so'X
> series used that way that I can recall, but it does make a lot of
> sense.  Does everyone agree that that means what it seems to mean?
.skamyxatra

The CLL doesn't agree.  The end of section 18.8 states:
> Another possibility is that of combining definite and indefinite  
> numbers
> into a single number.  This usage implies that the two kinds of  
> numbers
> have the same value in the given context:
>
> > 8.18) mi viska le rore gerku
> >       I saw the all-of/two dogs.
> >       I saw both dogs.
>
> > 8.19) mi speni so'ici prenu
> >       I am-married-to many/three persons.
> >       I am married to three persons
> >           (which is ``many'' in the circumstances).

So "{so'inono}" actually means "zero (which is many)."

mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.

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