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Re: [lojban] re: 3 loaves
From: "Iain Alexander" <ia@stryx.demon.co.uk>
On 3 Feb 00, at 14:11, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> >2. "another (=one more)": how about "za'u"? or "ny.su'ipa"?
>
> No, {za'u} is "more than one", or "more than x", but
> something like {za'u nanba} refers to each of those
> more than one loaves of bread, not to the
> more-than-one-th loaf that we want to talk about now,
> i.e. not the next one after all those we have talked about
> already.
{za'umoi} then.
(Sounds a bit like "next", but maybe it depends on {le} vs. {lo}.)
Robert McIvor's solution is of course good - {krefu citka}.
I think John Cowan's problem -
{ko'a refcti pa nabytai} suggest that the same loaf was eaten both times
- depends on lujvo vs. tanru and other grouping factors. Using a lujvo does
indeed make it seem like <repeat-eat> is a single concept applying to a
single loaf. I think {krefu citka lo nabytai} separates them just enough to
avoid that implication, but others may prefer stronger measures such as
{krefu citka be lo nabytai} or {krefu bo citka lo nabytai} all the way up to
{krefu le nu citka lo nabytai}.
co'o mi'e .i,n.
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