Re: [lojban] Re: {Archivist} niltei?

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 06:23:13PM -0500, Rob Speer wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:47:20PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > In the definition for temci, it says:
> > 
> >     [also age/elapsed time (= niltei)];
> > 
> > What is the place structure of niltei, and how does one use it?
> 
> niltei seems pretty ill-conceived. It would seem to be the amount
> that something is a time interval, while temci already is an
> interval of time.

Right.

I suspect the intention was to be able to say things like:

    le temci be le nu mi jmive

which you can't currently say without modification and be correct.

But I'm pretty sure niltei doesn't do it.

-Robin

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