[lojban] Re: "This number"

[Penguino <spheniscine@gmail.com>]

Thanks. I've also been thinking, that if za'u [X] means "more than [X]", could [X] za'u mean "[X] more than [unspecified number]"?

On Dec 6, 2007 2:59 AM, Jorge Llambías < jjllambias@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/5/07, Penguino <spheniscine@gmail.com> wrote:
> What's the typical method to express "this number of" in Lojban? Example:
>
> "I need one more pencil": mi nitcu vei [?] su'i pa ve'o pinsi ?
> "I want-- I mean, Aslan wants-- some more nuts." (Quote from The Last
> Battle): mi djica sisi la .aslan. djica tu'a za'u[?] narge ?
>
> Or is there another method?

"One more pencil" and "some more nuts" here really mean "one additional
pencil" and "some additional nuts", it's not so much about how many pencils
or nuts are needed or wanted, it's about what things are needed or wanted
in addition to the ones already had. In that case, what is required is a brivla
meaning something like "x1 is additional/extra/supplementary to x2".
Perhaps {bacydrata}:

 mi nitcu lo bacydrata pinsi
 la .aslan. djica lo bacydrata narge

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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