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Re: [engelang] Xorban Development



On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:15 PM, And Rosta <and.rosta@hidden.email> wrote:
> Jorge Llambías, On 06/09/2012 01:40:
>
> >Perhaps even in cases like:
> >
> > va'i xmga'i
> > This is rather good.
> > (This is good rather than not good.)
>
> As in "Rather, this is good"? Yes, pretty much.
>
> Or as in "This is pretty good", "this is more than a little good"? I can't
> find my way to this meaning from the Xorban.

If I have to decide between "this is good" and "this is not good",
"this is good" wins, this is on the good side of the fuzzy divide
between good and not good, it is good enough to be called good, it is
rather good.

ma'a xrxe