Re: mo'e

[jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU]

la djan cusku di'e

> I think that "mo'e li ci" is the same as "ci".  However, it is not the case
> that "mo'e pa plise" is the number of apples in "one apple".  Rather, it is
> a dimensioned number, like "5 meters", that has been coerced to the right
> grammatical type to fit in an equation.

So {mo'e} has a different meaning when its argument is a number than when
it's something else?

If {mo'e ci plise} is a dimensioned number, then so must be
{mo'e ci namcu}, and so must be {mo'e pa namcu}. So {mo'e pa namcu}
is not just any number, but the dimensioned number "one number".

What is {mo'e da}? Does it follow the {mo'e li ci} pattern, thus
giving "some number da", or does it follow the {mo'e ci plise}
pattern, thus giving "at least one of something".

I don't think we can have both and be consistent.

Jorge