[lojban] Re: Question on "a lot of water"

[Jorge "Llambías" <jjllambias2000@yahoo.com.ar>]

--- John Cowan:
> Jorge Llamb?as scripsit:
> 
> > More directly you can say {le djacu cu barda}, 
> > "the quantity of water is big". 
> 
> That means that a specific quantity of water (such as Lake Baykal or the
> Pacific Ocean) that you have in mind is big.

Yes, did I imply something different? It could also be the
three inches of water that got into the cellar. "Big" is
a relative notion, and three inches of water can be a lot 
of water that shouldn't be there.

mu'o mi'e xorxes



		
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