Re: [lojban] Re: {Archivist} niltei?

[Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 10:45 PM 11/16/03 -0800, Robin wrote:
> 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?

That was the theory, whether people choose to accept it or not %^)  I'm 
equally amenable to dropping the x2 in favor of lo nanca be li muno for 
x1.  The point was to distinguish the interval from its measurement.

lojbab

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