[lojban] Re: lo te cacra

[Geoff Hacker <geoff.hacker@gmail.com>]

>lo nu mi'o denpa fo le nu ve skina cu cacra li mu mi

 

Can you explain to me why you used "lo" to describe "nu mi'o denpa"? I am thinking here of the fact that "lo" is nonspecific, so this makes it sound like you do not have in mind a specific event of your waiting for the movie to start, whereas I would have thought that such an event would be specific to refer to.

Geoff

2010/1/2 Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com>

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Minimiscience <minimiscience@gmail.com> wrote:
> de'i li 29 pi'e 12 pi'e 2009 la'o fy. Jon Top Hat Jones .fy. cusku zoi
> skamyxatra.
>> cacra is defined in the gismu list as "x1 is x2 hours in duration (default
>> is 1 hour) by standard x3"
>>
>> jboski translates lo te cacra as "standard for hour".
>>
>> This is confusing to me. What standard is being referred to, exactly?
> .skamyxatra
>
> {lo te cacra} is the definition of "hour" that the speaker is using.  See
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour> for the various ways that it has been
> defined throughout history.  Theoretically, {lo te cacra} could possibly also
> include information related to relativity & time dilation, but that would
> probably be better expressed with "{ma'i}."
>
> mu'omi'e .kamymecraijun.
>
> --

 te cacra can also be simply something like "mi", meaning "by my
estimation/watch/feelings/standard/system of meausurement it's been X2
hours...." such as "lo nu mi'o denpa fo le nu ve skina cu cacra li mu
mi" -- we've been waiting to see this movie for what feels like 5
hours

           --gejyspa


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