Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: rupnu

From: "And Rosta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 03:22:54 +0100

Jorge:
> la and cusku di'e
> 
> >How does one talk about measurement units, lengths, monetary
> >values, etc. in the abstract? That has, how does one talk
> >about the length 2 metres, as opposed to about things that
> >are 2 metres in length, in the way that one can talk not
> >only about remei but also about li re? There must be a
> >well-known answer to this, but I don't know it, and I
> >can only think of {ka ce'u mitre/rupnu li re} = "2
> >metres/quid", on the presumption that {li re} = {ka
> >ce'u re mei}.
> 
> Sounds right, but what would you say about them?

"Two metres is about 3 foot"

But it is very usual to talk about currencies abstractly
-- "The lire has fallen against the franc", "The Euro
is being introduced in Ireland", etc.

--And.