Re: [lojban] I almost caught the train

[Logical Language Group <lojban@lojban.org>]

At 11:59 AM 03/12/2001 -0500, pycyn@aol.com wrote:
> I think the {snada/fliba} for catch/miss the (buried) train is Lojban at its
> best;

I agree.

>to the side: "almost 100" is {so'a panono};

I don't think so.  There is no grammar for numbers so that is a string of 4 
digits, the first of which is large.

>  although {so'a} isn't marked as
> defaulting to "all," it presumably works like all those other guys.

soso'a or even soda'a

or if you want the base n solution, da'ada'a

I might also try panononi'u, but this requires that the convention be 
interpreted as intended.

> "only" we've been around on so many times I can't remember all the readings
> for it, but {po'o} doesn't fit (and I seem to recall that I never liked it
> anyhow): the present cases seems to amount to something like "I am
> surprised/relieved that it is so little as" - a complex UI.
> I have no suggestion for "barely over 100" off the top of mu head.

panoso'u

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