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[lojban] Re: {Archivist} niltei?



On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:26:48PM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> At 10:41 AM 11/14/03 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 09:03:22AM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> > > x1 is the quantity on scale x2 by which x3 is the time interval
> > > from x4 to x5
> >
> >I find that non-sensical.  Can you give a usage example?
> 
> li muno lo si'o nanca cu niltei lemi mivytei  la pasomucinanc le cabna

OK, it's the "by which" that I still find bizarre.  How about
"indicating the time-interval amount that event x3 spans, from
starting point x4 to ending point x5".

Anyways, the theory here is that you can do

    li muno cu niltei lo nanca le mi mivytei

for "I am 50 years old", right?

-Robin

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