[lojban] Re: li ci mo lu'i ci da

[John E Clifford <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Wrong damned button!
--- Kevin Reid <kpreid@mac.com> wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I mentioned this on #lojban IRC and rlpowell
> asked me to ask this list.
> 
> What's the appropriate selbri for "x1 is the
> number of
> members/cardinality of set x2"?
> 
> {mei} is obvious, but does not have an ordinary
> place for the number, so
> can't be used directly for a sumti referring to
> the number.

There is a weasel: {sy xomei} allows the answer
{li PA}, so what we need is a way to answer
indirect questions: "x is howmany are y": roughly
(but probably not exactly) {li PA du li xokaumei
be sy}.  Play with it.
> 
> So far, I see:
> 
>   lo se zilkancu be sy.
>   
>   lo se klani be sy.   -- what's the x3?
> 
>   da poi de vei mo'e ke'a ve'o mei sy. ku'o
> 
> -- 
> Kevin Reid                           
> <http://homepage.mac.com/kpreid/>
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