From lojban-out@lojban.org Wed Aug 21 17:12:37 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_0_1); 22 Aug 2002 00:12:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 81591 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2002 00:12:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Aug 2002 00:12:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Aug 2002 00:12:37 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17hfaX-0006TL-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:12:37 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17hfaL-0006T3-00; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:12:26 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:12:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com ([66.68.125.184] ident=root) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17hfaG-0006Su-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:12:20 -0700 Received: from cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (asdf@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g7M0GeIC000827 for ; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:16:40 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from fracture@cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com) Received: (from fracture@localhost) by cs6668125-184.austin.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g7M0GeZj000826 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:16:40 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:16:39 -0500 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] The number of dogs. Message-ID: <20020822001639.GA695@allusion.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 738 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: fracture@allusion.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Jordan DeLong From: Jordan DeLong Reply-To: fracture@allusion.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 11:56:11PM +0000, Jorge Llambias wrote: > la camgusmis cusku di'e >=20 > >li mo'e le gerku > > > >-Robin, who has become a convert to the belief that le ni gerku *never* > >means "the number of dogs". >=20 > I agree about {le ni}, but I would just say > {le terkancu be lei gerku}, just a little bit longer but > hopefully with a plain meaning. (Unfortunately there > isn't a simple selbri for "x1 is the number (cardinality) > of (mass/set) x2".) >=20 > I can't say for sure what {li mo'e le gerku} means, but [...] The book says for sure, however. --=20 Jordan DeLong fracture@allusion.net --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9ZC1nDrrilS51AZ8RAnFOAKDOxn9QdzWbDuvsB+aIjeZh2L0/KwCgutJB F3NkfggDyf/0nRNQB4y2Q9I= =iXL1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--