Re: rupnu

["Adam Raizen" <araizen@newmail.net>]

la xorxes cusku di'e

> la and cusku di'e
> 
> >How does one talk about measurement units, lengths, monetary
> >values, etc. in the abstract? That has, how does one talk
> >about the length 2 metres, as opposed to about things that
> >are 2 metres in length, in the way that one can talk not
> >only about remei but also about li re? There must be a
> >well-known answer to this, but I don't know it, and I
> >can only think of {ka ce'u mitre/rupnu li re} = "2
> >metres/quid", on the presumption that {li re} = {ka
> >ce'u re mei}.
> 
> Sounds right, but what would you say about them?
> {le ka ce'u mitre li re} can be used for example in:
> 
>    ti ta dunli le ka ce'u mitre li re
>    This equals that in their 2 meter length.
> 
>    ti ta frica le ka ce'u mitre makau
>    This differs from that in their length.

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mu'o mi'e adam