Re: [lojban] The number of dogs.

["Jorge Llambias" <jjllambias@hotmail.com>]

> From: Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:56:11PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote:
> > I can't say for sure what {li mo'e le gerku} means, but one theory
> > holds that it is the dimensioned number "all the dogs",
>
> "All the things I am currently describing as dogs", actually.  Note the
> 'le'.

Yes, that's what I meant.

> > like {li mo'e ci gerku} would give the dimensioned number "3 dogs".
> > "All the dogs" might work for "the number of dogs", but where would
> > you use it? Not in a context that asks for a bare number.
>
> And why not, exactly?

Because a dimensioned number is not a bare number.
Anyway, I might be overreacting prematurely. I will wait to
see it in actual use before complaining. :)

mu'o mi'e xorxes



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