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Re: [lojban] The number of dogs.
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:56:11PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> I can't say for sure what {li mo'e le gerku} means, but one theory
> holds that it is the dimensioned number "all the dogs",
"All the things I am currently describing as dogs", actually. Note the
'le'.
> like {li mo'e ci gerku} would give the dimensioned number "3 dogs".
> "All the dogs" might work for "the number of dogs", but where would
> you use it? Not in a context that asks for a bare number.
And why not, exactly?
-Robin
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http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ BTW, I'm male, honest.
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