Re: [lojban] Re: Already. Yet. Still. Whole. Only.

[Yanis Batura <ybatura@mail.ru>]

> > 9)  This book weighs three pounds.
> > 10) This book weighs only three pounds.
> > 11) This book weighs whole three pounds.
> > 12) This book weighs damn three pounds.

> Is 11 the same as "The book weighs three whole pounds" (which is a lot for a book to weigh) snd 12
> the same as "The book ways three damn(ed) pounds" (which is a lot for a book to weigh and too much
> to have had me to tote around)?

Yes. If I were a native English speaker, I'd write what you've written.