Re: [lojban] Re: COI, UI (was Re: cfari)

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

On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:43:18AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:25:36AM -0800, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> > > Right. But 12 meters is {lo mitre be li pare}.
> > 
> > "li pa re my" seems perfectly reasonable if such a format has been
> > previously agreed upon.
> 
>    le dinju cu mitre li pare lo ka galtu
>    The building is 12 meters high.
> 
> How would you use {li pa re my}?

In a long block of physics text most likely, containing things like

    le te junta jai fancu fo li so pi xa my fi'u sy te'a re

I wouldn't expect to see it in anything approaching normal
conversation.

-Robin

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