Re: [lojban] Individuals and xorlo

[selpa'i <seladwa@gmx.de>]

la .xorxes. cu cusku di'e
>        {lo si'o mitre cu ckilu lo ka ma kau ni ce'u clani}
>
> I never really understood the connection of "si'o" with scales.

Me neither. I don't understand how it makes sense, as it's very 
difficult to interact with a {si'o} systematically. I use {ka} instead, 
sometimes with two {ce'u}, although I find the {ce'u ma kau} way just as 
intuitive, for example in klani3:

    lo vi rokci cu klani li mu lo ka ce'u ki'ogra ce'u/ma kau

which means the same as

    lo vi rokci cu ki'ogra li mu

How to use {klani} with predicates that don't have an obvious 
input-output pair is another question. Here, {kau} seems to be more 
convenient as the output marker than a second {ce'u}, say:

    mi klani li ci lo ka ce'u citka xo kau plise
    "I measure three in how many apples I ate."

Probably the more difficult challenge is to find a situation where klani 
is actually the more practical (or the only practical) option. Maybe {ni}:

    li vo ni mi bajysru lo foldi [kei lo ka ce'u xo kau roi fasnu]
    "Four is the quantity of my running around the the field, [measured 
in how many times it happened]"

But then, that's still only a complicated way of saying:

    mi vo roi bajysru lo foldi

So... the challenge stands.

Though maybe the advantage lies in the vagueness of klani3-less 
{klani}-usage. I'm really not sure.

mi'e la selpa'i mu'o

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