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mass again

To: Iain Alexander <ia@stryx.demon.co.uk>
Subject: mass again
From: Cyril Slobin <slobin@feast.fe.msk.ru>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 03:19:39 +0400
Organization: Institute for Commercial Engineering
Reply-to: Cyril Slobin <slobin@feast.fe.msk.ru>
Sender: Lojban list <LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>

> > For things like "my books weigh several
> > tons" it might be better to say {le girzu be le cukta be mi}. Not
> > that {lei/loi} is necessarily inappropriate (though they may be) but
> > rather that other locutions might better serve your purpose.
>
> Why? I don't see what they could be used for, if not precisely
> for that.

Weither "(the mass of) human being weigh near 80 kg" or "... near 400,000,000
tons"? IMHO first version is closer to Reference Grammar examples. Or not?

mi'e. kir.

--
Cyril Slobin <slobin@fe.msk.ru> | `And what is the use of a book,' thought
<http://www.fe.msk.ru/~slobin/> | Alice `without pictures or conversation?'

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