Re: Jorge's poem

[Robin Turner <robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR>]

la xorxes. cusku di'e

li'o

> Yes, a number in front of a selbri makes it into a sumti, just as if
> there was a {lo}. {ro lanzu} is by definition the same as {ro lo lanzu}.

Well, that seems to make sense, given that a number in front of a selbri
would have to be tensed, IIRC.  As I said, not being a mathematical type, I
read the chapters on numbers in both the draft textbook and the refgram very
quickly in order to get the minimum I need to get by.  In fact the only
regular use I make of Lojban numbers is starting letters to my parents with
{coi redoi}.  I suppose that's one of the nice things about the language -
you can concentrate on the areas that interest you, and in cases like {ro
lanzu} you can usually get by with the help of context.

co'o mi'e robin.