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Nick: > Lots of confusion to be had in this stuff. One thing we're entitled to > feel smug about, though. Just as the Chinese were stumped by "White > Horse Not Horse", Montague was stumped by "The temperature rises. The > temperature rises. Therefore, ninety rises?" Think of how that is said > in Lojban. Lojban can't fall for that. And you'll see why equative 'is' > really is bad for you I'm not so sure that ordinary nonxorxesian Lojban can always escape the trap. How do you say "the number of people in this room is doubling every hour"?
I think I'd say something like:
le vi kumfa cu relze'a le ka xokau prenu ce'u nenri kei
paroi ro cacra
This room doubles in how many people are in it once every hour.
I'm not sure whether {relze'a} is best for "doubles".
mu'o mi'e xorxes
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