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Re: sets, masses, &c. (was: RE: [lojban] Re: [jboske] RE: Anything but tautol...
- To: lojban <lojban@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Re: sets, masses, &c. (was: RE: [lojban] Re: [jboske] RE: Anything but tautol...
- From: And Rosta <arosta@uclan.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 19:53:58 +0000
>>> Pierre Abbat <phma@webjockey.net> 03/04/02 03:05pm >>>
#On Monday 04 March 2002 09:50, And Rosta wrote:
#> 1. How DO you say "apple" (as in "the bowl was full of apple") in
#> Lojban?
#
#I would say {loi plise marji}. Once established that the apple may not have
#been in apple form, I could then refer to it as {lei plise}.
Okay, but let me rephrase my question:
1. How DO you say "apple" (as in "the bowl was full of apple") in
Lojban, without using inherently vague tanru, and without having
to define a lujvo for every such mass term?
--And.