Subject: Re: [lojban] barely/almost (was: Re: Regional difference ??)

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:53:56

la and cusku di'e

>To me, these are a JA'A sort of thing: "almost" = "to a small
>extent NA" and "barely = "to a small extent JA'A". (And "very" =
>"to a large extent JA'A" and "not at all" = "to a large extent NA".

That could be:

naru'e = almost
ja'aru'e = barely
ja'asai = very
nasai = not at all

>An alternative, which I haven't thought through the implications of, would
>be "almost P" = "in most relevant alternative worlds, P", and "barely
>P" = "in most relevant alternative worlds, not P".

Yes, but Lojban is no better than English at expressing this
in an elegant manner.

co'o mi'e xorxes

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