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Re: pyu



--- In ceqli@yahoogroups.com, "Rex May" <rmay@m...> wrote:

> Good.  Pretty much what I'd concluded.  Next question.  
Esperanto 
> has 'plu' for more-additional, as in donu min plu da biero.  And 
it 
> has 'pli' for more-comparative.  English just has one word for 
both.  
> Does ceqli need two?  If not, we already borrowed Eo 'plu' for 
the 
> first meaning.  If you don't see any advantage in having two, 
let's 
> just use 'plu' for both.

'More of a quantity' vs. 'more of a quality'. 

One 'more' will do. Having two will raise the question of which to 
use, and I don't think it's ambiguous given the two different 
contexts.

> 
> And do you think of any words besided 'favorite' that would call 
for 
> some kind of superlative meaning?  And, thinking further....
> 
> Da bi gode cemkulde komxo.  It is my than-all food.  It is my 
> favorite food.  Works okay?

Ummm.... yeah, if nothing other than 'favourite' needs such 
treatment. You could also use the word for 'prefer' here.

"Cemkulde". :-) That's kind of cute, actually.

--K