From a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com Mon Jul 30 19:23:41 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: a.rosta@dtn.ntl.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 31 Jul 2001 02:23:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 57700 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2001 02:23:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 31 Jul 2001 02:23:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO relay3-gui.server.ntli.net) (194.168.4.200) by mta2 with SMTP; 31 Jul 2001 02:23:41 -0000 Received: from m27-mp1-cvx2c.bre.ntl.com ([62.253.88.27] helo=andrew) by relay3-gui.server.ntli.net with smtp (Exim 3.03 #2) id 15ROwu-0000QY-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 03:07:57 +0100 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: rupnu Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 03:22:54 +0100 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Importance: Normal From: "And Rosta" 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.