Re: mine, thine, hisn, hern, itsn ourn, yourn and theirn (was[lojban] si'o)

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Nick  NICHOLAS wrote:

> Oh my God.
>
> There is only one explanation for this, which is that Lojban Central
> wanted normal sumti, and not just numbers, to be ordinals.
>
> So you can say the apple-th man, or the I-am-going-to-the-store-th
> instance of insubordination.



I think it's a wonderfully powerful construction! I'm actively glad you
brought this to my attention! This is another way we can compress facts
out of selbri into cmavo. Good thing. Elegant. Tasty.




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