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Jorge Llamb�as, On 31/08/2012 03:27:
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:24 PM, And Rosta<and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:I think you should do comparatives next. Once Xorban can do comparatives, it can probably do most of whatever else it needs to.Ok, this is how I would do it the long way: let's use "u'u" for "ma kau", a variable that takes the "right" value. "klnakeki" is "A amounts to E in dimension/as an I". Then: la trca le zdne li glti lo klnoku'uki zmdakeko The tree (A), the house (E), being tall (I), amounting to whatever one amounts to as I (O), A exceeds E as an O. That's just a direct calque/adaptation from Lojban: lo tricu cu zmadu lo zdani lo ka ce'u klani ma kau lo ka galtu Now we just need a way to make that more compact.
"You read more books than me" la le ckte xi clrake knceki zmda'ake'eka (knc- agentless kancu, x1 are x2 in number) "The tree is taller than the house" la trca li zdni lu smu xo smo gltmrluko (gltmrl = x1 is x2 amount tall [I think that shd be basic meaning of glt]) Did I get these right? I think they're as compact as possible, but for the smVs. --And.