Re: [lojban-beginners] so'inono

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> 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)."

That's my preferred interpretation too. This two-number combination is
also useful with rau/mo'a/du'e: "du'eci",  "three which is too many",
and also to express ranges: "za'ucime'ibi", "more than three, less
that eight", "su'ocisu'ebi", "between three and eight", and so on.

I also add an interpretation for incompatible numbers, not so useful
but still: "me'iciza'ubi", "less than three or more than eight", i.e.
"not between three and eight".

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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