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

From: And Rosta <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:48:31 +0000

Jorge:
#l 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

How lovely! And those are gramamtical?

#>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.

Well go with your beautiful suggestions above, if they're licit.

--And.