RE: [lojban] Three more issues

["And Rosta" <a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com>]

Avital:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, And Rosta wrote:
> 
> > John to Avital:
> > > > I mean, <nu prenu kei> is lo valsi, isn't it?
> > > No.
> > I think this is an unresolved issue, whether or
> > not we simplify the claim to "<nu prenu kei> cu valsi"
> > (or, equivalently, "The Beatles cu prenu"). The 
> > unresolved issue is whether pa valsi is a single
> > word (in which case the claim is false) or a single 
> > amount of wordage (in which case the claim is true). 
> > I guess usage favours the former.
> 
> I don't seem to understand. Why aren't several words cu valsi? What does
> it matter what a pa valsi is? SOmething told me that Lojban does not
> specify number if not specifically specified (that sounded like crap).
> 
> ???

"nu" is valsi, and "prenu" is valsi, and "kei" is valsi.
But is the sequence "nu prenu kei" valsi? Lojbab and usage would
say No. In other words, valsi = valsi pa mei, and "nu prenu kei"
is valsi ci mei.

--And.