[lojban] Re: How to reduce the amount of something?

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>
> I don't see anything wrong with "ni" for this. lo ni broda is a number or
> amount, but it is not a fixed number, any more than lo se ki'ogra be mi,
> which has been at various times 36, 84, 55, and 63.

In that case, you need to put it in the x1 of jdika, not the x2: "lo
se ki'ogra be do cu jdika", not: "do jdika lo se ki'ogra be do".

If "lo ni ..." refers to a number, it can decrease. If it refers to a
property, "lo ka ... xo kau ..." then it can be the property in which
something decreases.

The reason I keep using "ni" instead of "ka ... xo kau ..." is that
the placement of the "xo kau" is not always as obvious as is "du'u xu
kau" for "jei". I some time suggested "ni" = "ka se la'u li xo kau",
but it is definitely more awkward than the "xu kau" substitute for
"jei".

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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