How do I say this in Lojban? The obvious translation, {lo mitre cu gradu fi lo nilcla}, means "something measured in meters is a unit of length". phma To...
... I know that it is what the glossary says, but can it be right? Is "is measured-in-meters-ness" (or "an idea of being measured in meters" really the same...
... I would say: {lo mitre [be li pa] cu gradu [fe/fi] lo nilcla}. What is the difference between the x2 and x3 of {gradu}? I don't see any problem in using...
... Aside from the (probably insignificant here) problems with using {lo} in a sentence of this sort, it is not the case that the unit of length is some- (or...
... {le se mitre} is a pure number. We can say, for example le se mitre be ti cu du le se grake be ta The number of meters of this is the the number of grams...
... Yes ... Iyt is a measure on some scale, which would typically (but not necessarily) be numeric. ... I find the definition of {klani} unusually opaque ...
... To me, x1 of {klani} is a thing being measured, just as x1 of {mitre} is, so it's a general unit word. So I use it to form words like {tcatymuclai}, using...
... Of course, this leaves out the scales that are not numeric (more or less): I remember the old phallometer for measuring the arousal power of porn and...
... As I said later, scratch that comment about {klani}. But x1 does not appear to be a unit, though it is what is measured (to x2 on scale x3). Your...
... I'd say {mapti} for that type of scale. ... That one is the most commonly used in definitions, and probably what agrees most with what the ma'oste says: ni...
... How exactly will that work? For "x has value y on scale z" we have {x mapti y z} or maybe something more complex at the z place? ... OK (?) So 5.4 is...
... Maybe. Or maybe {ckini} could be used instead of {mapti}. ... That would depend on what counts as {lo pixra cu blanu} in the context. ... I see a clear...
... I can imagine working with either of these, though the notion of a scale gets lost in both cases -- and maybe it should be. ... Exactly my question; I take...
... I take it that cenba3 is the amount of change, which, unlike cenba2, is a value. For example: le mi daski cu cenba lo ka ce'u vasru lo rupnu be li xo kau...
... Then the function fails to get the promised thing. ni le pixra blanu is the value of ni ce'u blanu for the argument le pixra. If {ni} changes meaning here...
Yet, the Pirahã language and culture has several features that not known to exist in any other in the world and lacks features that have been assumed to be...
Just for everybody's information. In addition, I moved all the Translation stuff, so if anything's missing from the old TWiki, let me know, please. -Robin ......
Hi list, I've decided to start reading Alice in lojban as a way to learn it (along with a flash-card program). To my surprise, the second bridi already...
... The short distance measure? Yards? Feet? Inches? Furlongs? (the best candidate). To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@......
... An approximate range is properly specified by using {ji'i} with some word from BIhI. {ji'i} alone should not be used so. phma To unsubscribe from this...
... Ahh. In CLL example 14.16.1 (if it can be applied to quantity as well as location intervals), it would seem that the intended sense of {pa ji'i re roi} can...
... I see two problems with this: 1) It is ungrammatical. 2) It would have a different meaning. (1) may be fixable if the reason it is ungrammatical has to do...
... Although this thread is about the use of {ji'i}, IMHO there are a couple of better ways to render "... once or twice she had peeped into the book her ...
... Ugh! If you are going to go the literal way, at least use {ja} instead of {jo nai}. Since {pa roi} and {re roi} are mutually exclusive by themselves, there...
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