Re: [lojban] Re: plural markers?

[John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net>]

Sometimes it is not a bad idea to put in a tense or modal.  I took it as {ta'e} or some such,
since I couldn't find it either.  Maybe he has just come to this point of view.  In any case, I
welcome another piece of evidence that the plural "problem" is going away.

--- Chris Capel <pdf23ds@gmail.com> wrote:

> Funny. I interpreted him as saying {mi ta'e cusku} or {mi na'o cusku},
> as opposed to {mi pu cusku}. As in, "Yeah, I've been saying the same
> thing", not "I said that earlier." (And looking back, I don't see
> where he did.)
> 
> On 6/28/06, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > Sorry I missed it.  It is a fundamental point about Lojban, which gets missed in our
> Anglocentric
> > fondness for marked number.
> >
> > --- HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > So -- context permitting -- the best plural is just the form without
> > > internal quantifiers at all.
> > >
> > > mi cusku lo mintu be di'u
> > >
> > >
> > > mi'e darves
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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