[lojban] Re: What exactly is ranti?

["Jorge Llambías" <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On 3/28/06, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
> My hair is soft, but not in the same way that tofu is soft. Rather, judging by
> my nails which are made of the same stuff as my hair, my hair is actually
> very hard.

The stuff is not aways definitive though. I would say thet a steel sponge
can be soft, even though steel generally isn't.

> So should I say {lo mi kerfa cu jdari .iku'i loi mi kerfa cu
> ranti}, or should I say {lo sobjdu cu ranti .iku'i loi mi kerfa cu ...}?

I think you could say that your hair is soft if it is soft as hair goes,
i.e. in comparison with other people's hairs, softer to the touch
than average.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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